Showing posts with label color. Show all posts
Showing posts with label color. Show all posts

Monday, December 9, 2013

Dye Plants: Yellows from Many Sources

naturally-dyed yarns
Naturally-dyed yarns
I love color. I have knitted and woven and embroidered since I was very small. Trying plant-based dyes was an obvious intersection of my interests. Plants! Color! Wonderful! 

So off and on I will write about dye plants, even though most of the important dye plants are unknown to most people.

But dyes from plant sources are familiar. The grass stain you got on you jeans sliding into first in the neighborhood softball game? That's a basic dye found in most leaves. Leaves of many plants will produce a yellow or olive green dye.