tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9129357734481422196.post1972017053751037428..comments2024-01-18T21:16:15.516+03:00Comments on Riihivilla, Dyeing with natural dyes: Wood ash lye and bark Tuhkalipeää ja puunkuoriaLeenahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14266878515009058403noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9129357734481422196.post-42893293993688123062011-04-11T01:05:50.423+03:002011-04-11T01:05:50.423+03:00Hello Leena
Im soo happy that i found an entire bl...Hello Leena<br />Im soo happy that i found an entire blog speaking about natyral daying and loving nature as you do :).<br />Im from Albania and currently Im styding in Italy for fashion designer. Im preparing for a fashion competition and I designed my collection using only natural metrials like linen and cotton, but i didnt know exactly what to use to "natural day" the textile im going to use... but now i got the answer.... Thank YOU for these beautiful blog, is so inspiring!<br />A big hug from Albania :)Arieehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11871104758957469582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9129357734481422196.post-28345775982113837502008-01-19T05:42:00.000+02:002008-01-19T05:42:00.000+02:00You have been awarded the "You Make My Day" award....You have been awarded the "You Make My Day" award.punkinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00484602864393297202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9129357734481422196.post-912232999879982942008-01-18T15:09:00.000+02:002008-01-18T15:09:00.000+02:00I wish you would consider having a natural dye "ca...I wish you would consider having a natural dye "camp" where we could come for a week and learn from you. I've always wanted to see Finland, and this would be the perfect "excuse"! <BR/>EllenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9129357734481422196.post-59713946676149597112008-01-18T01:01:00.000+02:002008-01-18T01:01:00.000+02:00Käy kurkkaamassa minunkin blogissani. Sieltä löyty...Käy kurkkaamassa minunkin blogissani. Sieltä löytyy mansikoita:)Kaisakaisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05092493276851510161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9129357734481422196.post-19220776686883961512008-01-16T23:21:00.000+02:002008-01-16T23:21:00.000+02:00Mullakin on sulle blogissa kukkia :)Mullakin on sulle blogissa kukkia :)Pirkkohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00572369655364099779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9129357734481422196.post-30634837468632306082008-01-15T22:05:00.000+02:002008-01-15T22:05:00.000+02:00Hi just to reply to Rebecca comment I fermented bu...Hi just to reply to Rebecca comment I fermented buckthorn bark although the recipe called for Alder buckthorn bark. So other barks will give red It will be interesting ot see if oaks give a red.<BR/><BR/>The colour of your lye looks quite a strong yellow and I wonder whether it is because birch gives a dye and there is some yellow dye in your lye. This could effect the colour. And yes I left the chips in in a muslin bag while I dyeing the fibres. <BR/>Finally I have to admit that Cardon's book sometimes goes right over my head with<BR/>the chemistry! Even though I studied it but that was a very long time ago!Helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05597640040480685246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9129357734481422196.post-67087101842935326742008-01-15T18:39:00.000+02:002008-01-15T18:39:00.000+02:00blogissani pieni huomionosoitusblogissani pieni huomionosoitusPiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14983926275988272994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9129357734481422196.post-83681213965379175992008-01-14T17:36:00.000+02:002008-01-14T17:36:00.000+02:00This is fascinating. In Colonial America, any dec...This is fascinating. In Colonial America, any deciduous tree was used, and sometimes lye was created by just letting the ashes soak for a long time.<BR/><BR/>I wonder what other barks would ferment to get reds.Rebeccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03721322624791772809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9129357734481422196.post-71359858988230544902008-01-14T09:47:00.000+02:002008-01-14T09:47:00.000+02:00Hei Leena! Onpa kiehtovaa taas lukea jännittävää j...Hei Leena! Onpa kiehtovaa taas lukea jännittävää jatkokertomustasi! Olet aina niin perusteellinen!<BR/><BR/>Olen käyttänyt koivuntuhkalipeää (joka ei kyllä ollut keltaista...) joskus rautapadassa värjättyihin koivunlehtilankoihin. Liekö kemiallinen prosessi niissä lainkaan samanlainen kuin kuorilla värjättäessä. Rautapadasta otettaessa langat olivat harmaita, mutta tuhkalipeäliemeen joutuessaan muuttuivat häkellyttävän oranssinruskeiksi. Se kaikkein häkellyttävin sävy haaleni vuodessa, mutta väri on edelleen erikoinen oranssiin vivahtava ruskea; sellaista en ole millään muulla tavoin saanut.<BR/><BR/>Onnea kovasti kokeiluihisi, odottelen sormet syyhyten tuloksia!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9129357734481422196.post-6201990512504368322008-01-13T11:43:00.000+02:002008-01-13T11:43:00.000+02:00Thanks Helen, I will add more lye, I was a little ...Thanks Helen, I will add more lye, I was a little concerned about it already, hope it hasn't gone too down since yesterday. Did you have the barks together in the bath when you added the fibers or did you strain the bath? You are so right about The Book, I read about the tannin part for two days! and there is so much information (and chemistry I don't understand), it is SO good.<BR/><BR/>Oh, and I wrote it wrong yesterday, it is now corrected, the condensed tannins (not hydrolysable) give the red colors, I had it right in Finnish text but somehow wrote it wrong in English:( I read the text through before I publish it but somehow don't see the mistakes, this is not the first time!Leenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14266878515009058403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9129357734481422196.post-17911360149728587852008-01-13T00:43:00.000+02:002008-01-13T00:43:00.000+02:00hi I hope that what I said made sense! Email me if...hi I hope that what I said made sense! Email me if not.Helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05597640040480685246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9129357734481422196.post-9595916447038276722008-01-13T00:42:00.000+02:002008-01-13T00:42:00.000+02:00This is so fascinating and I can see that you hve ...This is so fascinating and I can see that you hve take to Dominique Cardon's book as I did!-With fascination for the all that wonderful explanation. I don't think I had realised that the hydrolysable tannins were the ones that I had produced when fermenting the buckthorn bark. If you remember when I did so, pulling the fibres out they turned to red in the air. Don't let the pH drop below 8- add more wood ash lye. I have just fermented 200g of buckthorn bark and not got he red at at all because, I think, the woodash lye was too weak and at one point the pH was neutral. I added woodash lye to bring it back up to 8 but I did not get the red colour that I got before. As the fermentation process goes on the pH drops and can drop quite rapidly so you need to check it every day.Helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05597640040480685246noreply@blogger.com