tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9129357734481422196.post7487577737161166930..comments2024-01-18T21:16:15.516+03:00Comments on Riihivilla, Dyeing with natural dyes: Second year woad Keväinen morsinkoLeenahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14266878515009058403noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9129357734481422196.post-1936111903182883712009-05-11T20:41:00.000+03:002009-05-11T20:41:00.000+03:00Hi Leena I realise that I should have photographed...Hi Leena I realise that I should have photographed every stage as you did! The liquid from the squeezed leaves was very dark. When I whisked there was no blue in the froth. When I reduced it the bath was a bright green ,when I dipped the fibres they stayed green till I washed them when the characteristic blue appeared underneath. We had a cold winter (for us)with temperatures going down to-10 degrees I note that Dominque Cardon says on her chapter on woad that too little is known about the variants.Maybe our woads are subtly different.Helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05597640040480685246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9129357734481422196.post-71955607785598893122009-05-11T17:45:00.000+03:002009-05-11T17:45:00.000+03:00Thanks Nina:)
I wonder if anyone in the colder cli...Thanks Nina:)<br />I wonder if anyone in the colder climates (Canada, Finland) has gotten blue from the second year leaves? Now I definetly have to try them again next year:)Leenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14266878515009058403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9129357734481422196.post-63442204522636929482009-05-11T02:20:00.000+03:002009-05-11T02:20:00.000+03:00I've always well composted the woad bed and my 2nd...I've always well composted the woad bed and my 2nd year woad experiments have also yielded pinkish colours- mainly pinky brown. Maybe it has something to do with time of harvest or perhaps the cold winters we have in Canada affects it differently.Ninahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07049476969325691637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9129357734481422196.post-28912666069881603832009-05-10T10:45:00.000+03:002009-05-10T10:45:00.000+03:00Thanks Alet and Helen.
Perhaps my plants were not ...Thanks Alet and Helen.<br />Perhaps my plants were not so well fertilised (that could be it) and that made the difference! At first I thought that I should have picked the leaves earlier and they were too much growing already. Or I didn't have enough leaves for the amount of yarn I put in the bath. How did the different stages of the extraction look compared to your woad?Leenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14266878515009058403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9129357734481422196.post-41395777701304546382009-05-10T10:06:00.000+03:002009-05-10T10:06:00.000+03:00Hi Leena the contrast between our experiments is v...Hi Leena the contrast between our experiments is very interesting but I have no idea why I should get some blue-not very much-and you none. I did manure my soil well last year and last year the blues were very good. Maybe my plants just had some left over. I can't try it with my Chinese woad as that is in full flower.Helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05597640040480685246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9129357734481422196.post-19709514734311527602009-05-09T23:16:00.000+03:002009-05-09T23:16:00.000+03:00Hi Leena!
Interesting experiments with 2nd year wo...Hi Leena!<br />Interesting experiments with 2nd year woad!I never did, only the same year harvest which is always good. How about your left arm? <br />greetings, AletAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com