tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9129357734481422196.post124733037050764707..comments2024-01-18T21:16:15.516+03:00Comments on Riihivilla, Dyeing with natural dyes: Natural dyeing in my greenhouse Kasvivärjäys kasvihuoneessaLeenahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14266878515009058403noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9129357734481422196.post-72867452567635414312009-06-29T17:30:53.279+03:002009-06-29T17:30:53.279+03:00Hi Bettina and Yvette:)
Bettina, no unfortuntely t...Hi Bettina and Yvette:)<br />Bettina, no unfortuntely the gunnera seeds haven't germanted yet (I think they needed warmer than I could provide them), but the cosmos flowers are growing very nicely:)<br />The single peony in the picture was an early hybrid grown from seed, so it doesn't have any name, but right now the first doubleflowered lactiflora peonies are opening, I actually like more the single or only slightly double ones, because they don't need so much staking. It's been now sunny and no rain, so they all holding their flowers up:)<br /><br />Yvette, how nice that you found my blog, I don't write as often as I should, but I hope you find something interesting to read anyway:)Leenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14266878515009058403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9129357734481422196.post-22402699742276210922009-06-28T18:35:56.123+03:002009-06-28T18:35:56.123+03:00Leena , it a feast to read your blog!
I'm hook...Leena , it a feast to read your blog!<br />I'm hooked to Finland after the feltsymposium in 2000? (i know not exactly the year). I don't know why it tooks me so long to arrive here on your blog, but from now on.....greets yvetteYvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12138424562030321140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9129357734481422196.post-12458760421116460682009-06-28T17:09:57.737+03:002009-06-28T17:09:57.737+03:00I love the single flowers of your peony - I only h...I love the single flowers of your peony - I only have double varieties and they always suffer a lot in wind and rain!btw, did anything germinate from the gunnera seeds yet?Woolly Bitshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11961632742998726155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9129357734481422196.post-24192253172405626382009-06-26T21:53:04.534+03:002009-06-26T21:53:04.534+03:00Thanks Ladka and Birthe:)
Ladka, You are right the...Thanks Ladka and Birthe:)<br />Ladka, You are right the froth in buckthorn bark looks brown. It is red when I added the wood ash lye to it, but after couple of days of fermenting, the pH drops and the color changes a little. After taking the picture I adde more lye to raise the pH to 9 again, but I am sure Sunday it will be lower again. I think when I did this couple of years ago, the color was reddish even after the fermenting, I'm not quite sure. Anyway, when the pH drops next time, I think I'll put the yarns in and add only a little lye, so that the Ph is 8 at the most, last time the yarn suffered from too high pH. So I'm not going to boil the bark, until afterwards to get yellow.<br /><br />Berthe, thanks so much for your experience, I think I'll try to dye with bark mordanted yarns next week:)Leenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14266878515009058403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9129357734481422196.post-33695590895186159242009-06-26T20:52:14.058+03:002009-06-26T20:52:14.058+03:00I have no idea how long you'll need to soak th...I have no idea how long you'll need to soak the yarn in oak bark for mordanting, but I would guess about a week. This is based on a cold mordant-experiment I made last year with alum. I mordanted som yarn the usual way: one hour in almost boiling water. Then I put a bucket with the same alum-soultion outside for a week, in a sunny place (it was in the summer, but not during especially hot weather). Afterwards I made a dyebath where I used one skein from each, and could see absolutely no difference in the colour of the two skeins.<br />What fun to play with this :-)Birthe Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06315725352866274020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9129357734481422196.post-7511984674064535602009-06-26T17:38:18.357+03:002009-06-26T17:38:18.357+03:00The liquid of the buckthorn bark fermenting in woo...The liquid of the buckthorn bark fermenting in wood ash lye seems brown rather than red, and so does mine. I've soaked just a few pieces of dried (but not really aged) barks that I was told were buckthorn by the farmer who kindly provided them to me from his forest, and even peeled the twigs/branches for me. Now I'm worried: shouldn't it be red when wood ash lye is poured on it? I'm not quite sure what to do when fermentation stopps: to allow it to soak furthermore or to cook it with water and try if it gives some red/dish colour on wool. We'll see ...Ladkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06804899281049209727noreply@blogger.com