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Last summer I tried a second time to solar dye with mushroom Cortinarius semisanguineus, in my greenhouse. I put dried mushrooms and mordanted yarn (alum and cream of tartar) in a big glass jar, 70% of dried mushrooms to the weight of the fiber. I would have used even more, but there wasn't any room in the jar for more mushrooms. I also put the caps of the mushrooms to the other side of the jar and the stems to the other side, hoping to get more yellow from the stems and more red from the caps to different parts of the yarn. The jar was in the sun in July and early August for two weeks, and and the temperature in the jar was around 30°C in the daytime and less at nights. I got color like I wanted:), but not as strong as what I get in normal hot bath (60°C or more).
Yllä verihelttaseitikin tuoreita lakkeja ja alakuvassa jalkoja
Above fresh caps of Cortinarius semisanguineus and below stems of the same mushrooms.
Tällaista tästä kokeilusta tuli, vertailuksi kuumassa yhtä aikaa värjättynä tulisi tällaista.
Eli lämpötilalla on aika paljon vaikutusta, eikä pidempi värjäysaika kompensoi näillä alempaa lämpötilaa, niinkuin vaikka krapilla värjätessä. Toisaalta tässä ei kulunut yhtään sähköä tai muuta energiaa:)
This is what I got now, here is what I get when I dye with these mushrooms in a hot bath.
So temperature does matter, and longer time in the bath didn't compensate the lower dyeing temperature with these mushrooms like it does when dyeing with madder. On the other hand this way I didn't have to use electricity:)
I shouldn't read your blog in autumn, I always get envious about the mushroom dyes:)) the dye might not be as strong as with extra heat, but the result still looks lovely! the "multicolours" with natural dyes are much prettier ( is that a word?:)) than with comm. ones! very soft and flowing....
ReplyDeleteAika lailla erilainen väri tulee aurinkovärjäyksellä. Ihan hauskasti neulepinta raidoittuu. Kaunis lanka tämäkin.
ReplyDeleteHi Bettina, I'm sorry to say that this has been a good mushroom year here, and I have many mushrooms still waiting to be used for dyeing:)
ReplyDeleteKiitti Pia, juu, hyvin onnistui siinä mielesä, että puolet vyyhdeistä tuli keltaisemmiksi ja puolet punaisemmiksi, tosin näin eri väriset pätkät eivät ole silti kovin pitkiä.
lovely color(s) on your wool.
ReplyDeleteI love the multicoloured yarn you got with sundyeing. You do have many mushrooms but you don't have high temperatures - I had a very long and very hot summer but no mushrooms :-( Neither of us had both things. Although I did make good use of the summer and dyed much wool green with mullein and copper acetate I still envy you your mushrooms.
ReplyDeleteThanks Velma and Ladka. Yes, it is perfect nowhere:) Our mushroom season is very short for the most important dye mushrooms, only a month or 6 weeks at the most, then when the frosty nights come, the mushrooms stop growing:( And in the summer it is usually too dry for them to grow.
ReplyDeleteThis has been exceptionally good autumn, and the weather is still quite good, no snow or frost yet, but it could end any day now.
Wie schön die Farbe geworden ist! Ich muss heute noch unbedingt in den Wald, hier be mir wachsen viele verschiedene Hautköpfe und mit dem Blutroten H. hatte ich schon einmal gefärbt. Danke dir fürs zeigen.
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Brigiitte
Wow! The colour is so beautiful! Wished that I can get these mushrooms here!:)
ReplyDeleteThat varigated yarn is spectacular. Knowing that there are differences in methods is good, because it allows you to have much more control of the results. I love the soft blend of colours.. gorgeous.
ReplyDeletelovely soft mushroom colors.
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