tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9129357734481422196.post4514731497403829843..comments2024-01-18T21:16:15.516+03:00Comments on Riihivilla, Dyeing with natural dyes: Spring and dye plants Kevättä ja värikasvejaLeenahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14266878515009058403noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9129357734481422196.post-12853616472959064132009-04-23T07:42:00.000+03:002009-04-23T07:42:00.000+03:00I'm looking forward to seeing how your garden of d...I'm looking forward to seeing how your garden of dyeplants grows this year! <br />It is forbidden to grow woad in the state where I live (Montana, US) because it can spread into forest and fields too easily, preventing native plants from growing. <br />So, instead I'll grow other dyeplants in my garden. I've started quite a lot of Coreopsis tinctoria and Cosmos sulphureus from seed. Last fall, I divided and transplanted several Anthemis tinctoria and so am hoping for a good crop of those this year, too.<br />Like you it is too cold to grow indigo here but I've managed to get two seeds to sprout and will try it in the greenhouse just for fun and to see what happens with it.<br />I, too, once got a nice, fast orange shade from a big, orange blossoming dahlia.<br />I'm so looking forward to new spring growth so that the dyepots can be filled again with fresh plants! While waiting, I've been dyeing with onion skins, last year's black walnut hulls, and some purchased madder root.<br />I may try drying more fresh plants this year for use during the winter months next year.Sirihttp://www.knittingiris.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9129357734481422196.post-49064603576599457912009-04-13T10:37:00.000+03:002009-04-13T10:37:00.000+03:00India,thank you!! Aluminium foil I have.India,thank you!! Aluminium foil I have.Leenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14266878515009058403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9129357734481422196.post-81828696007170960652009-04-13T03:58:00.000+03:002009-04-13T03:58:00.000+03:00if you can't find an aluminium pot then just use y...if you can't find an aluminium pot then just use your aluminium cooking foil [preferably recycled] crumpled into the pot, or as a pot liner<BR/>works just as wellindia flinthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01510066677833871579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9129357734481422196.post-27309747524557352672009-04-12T22:36:00.000+03:002009-04-12T22:36:00.000+03:00Thank you India and Cedar for dropping by:) The ti...Thank you India and Cedar for dropping by:) <BR/>The tip about soaking after cooking and before dyeing in aluminium pot seems interesting, I wonder what happens to it then? I don't think I have aluminium pot, but I'll try to find one, and try that method! I'm already a big believer in long soaking anyway:)<BR/>Cedar, your eucalyptus color looked really fabulous. I am going to grow my little plants in the greenhouse, I don't know how much dye I will get from first year leaves, but I hope it grows fast.<BR/>I'll post pictures soon.Leenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14266878515009058403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9129357734481422196.post-45232059685234982052009-04-12T19:57:00.000+03:002009-04-12T19:57:00.000+03:00I love the icy snowdrops, our here are almost over...I love the icy snowdrops, our here are almost over, but I did not know they would be so hardy as to grow through snow, amazing...<BR/>I have wool soaking in alder cones, eucalyptus, nettles, and cherry bark..haven't cooked any yet, just long cool soaking..eucalyptus is the most generous of dye giving plants it just keeps on putting out and is lovely bronze tones...I love it. The pictures of your plants would be great. I have started some woad seed but don't know which kind it is. As for weld I have loads of it growing for many years in my garden but only started using it last year, thanks to your help and others...wcedarhttp://www.sheepthrillsyarn.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9129357734481422196.post-28465772837292638582009-04-10T13:22:00.000+03:002009-04-10T13:22:00.000+03:00eucalyptus gunnii will give a lovely red when boi...eucalyptus gunnii will give a lovely red when boiled in rainwater but you'll have to keep it indoors in winter [or grow it in a glasshouse] as it doens't like ice very much at all<BR/>and i have found that many of the green leaves that give yellow will give a nice green if allowed to soak in an aluminium pot for a couple of days after first cooking , and before using as dyeindia flinthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01510066677833871579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9129357734481422196.post-47107325195351189842009-04-09T11:09:00.000+03:002009-04-09T11:09:00.000+03:00Thank you all for the comments, beth, it will be n...Thank you all for the comments, <BR/>beth, it will be nice to see what you get from the catkins, at least alder catkins is mentinoned in older Finnish dyelitterature, but I have never tried them (yet.<BR/><BR/>I have been thinking if I should post some pictures of my flowers each week during the spring so you could see how the spring is proceeding here in Finland? Of course that has nothing to do with dyeing or knitting:)<BR/><BR/>Oikeastaan luonnonkasveilla pärjäisi vallan mainiosti, paitsi sinisen osalta, mutta kasvien kasvattaminen on oikeasti kivaa. Noihin sinisiin kasveihin kyllä värikasvimaani kyllä keskittyykin, ja silti niitä pitäisi olla varmasti paljon enemmän, jos kaiken haluaisin saada itseltä.<BR/>Larisa, hyvä, että kerroit berberiksen juurista. Olin ajatellut lähinnä käyttää oksia/lehtiä (ja ehkä joskus tulevaisuudessa juuria, nämä olivatsellainen herätekylvö, kun sain siemeniä), ja olin kuvitellut kirjallisuuden perusteella, että väri olisi aika kestävä. Böhmer sanoo, että kestävyys on riittävä, mutta ei niin hyvä kuin luteoliinia sisältävillä, ja että tuo vain-riittävä arvio olisi tullut siitä, että väri muuttuu (tummenee) valossa, eli sen ei olisi pitänyt haalistua! Oikeat kokemukset ovat kyllä aina parempia kuin kirjatieto. Myyntiin ei voi ajatella värejä, jotka haalistuvat nopeasti.Leenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14266878515009058403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9129357734481422196.post-36813216681422063512009-04-08T14:31:00.000+03:002009-04-08T14:31:00.000+03:00Leena, I had the same problem with real indigo. it...Leena, I had the same problem with real indigo. it germinated, but several seedlings didn't make it. one grew nicely in the greenhouse during summer, but I didn't dare use it for dyeing. and during winter it just died, even though there was no frost inside. I think the plant doesn't survive below 10 deg. C plus:((Woolly Bitshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11961632742998726155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9129357734481422196.post-74421466232804902292009-04-07T08:57:00.000+03:002009-04-07T08:57:00.000+03:00Hei Leena! Melkoisia kokeiluja sinulla! Onnea kasv...Hei Leena! <BR/>Melkoisia kokeiluja sinulla! Onnea kasvatuksiisi, odotan mielenkiinnolla, mitä kaikkea saat taimistasi.<BR/>Mitä ajattelit käyttää berberiksestä? Minä sain pari vuotta sitten valtavan määrän keltaisia berberiksen juuria. Niistä tuli aivan mieletön keltainen, mutta vaikka langat eivät olleet edes auringossa, väri haalistui todella nopeasti. Ja juurten haju oli keitettäessä aivan hirveä...<BR/>LarisaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9129357734481422196.post-60339795552528085862009-04-07T00:10:00.000+03:002009-04-07T00:10:00.000+03:00I am glad your spring has come at last.How lovely ...I am glad your spring has come at last.How lovely the snowdrops look as they come up through the snow.<BR/>It's nice to know what you are planting,and I agree with you about light fastness too-nice post thanksHelenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05597640040480685246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9129357734481422196.post-69798344760173594592009-04-06T20:31:00.000+03:002009-04-06T20:31:00.000+03:00Olipas mielenkiintoinen postaus. Hauskaa kuulla yk...Olipas mielenkiintoinen postaus. Hauskaa kuulla yksityiskohtaisesti mitä värikasveja kasvatat ja miten. Odotan innolla tulevia postauksia kasvatuksen etenemisestä. Tämä saa minut taas haaveilemaan omasta puutarhasta. No, onneksi luonnossakin kasvaa kaikkea kiinnostavaa jota en ole vielä kokeillut:)Kaisakaisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05092493276851510161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9129357734481422196.post-72627243438284316692009-04-06T03:48:00.000+03:002009-04-06T03:48:00.000+03:00I'm taking a break from my doing my first natural ...I'm taking a break from my doing my first natural dyeing of the spring, and I find your post! It's that time of year! <BR/>I just cut back all my woad, save for a couple seed plants. What a hardy plant! It stayed green in the garden all winter, despite our unusually cold weather, which killed or injured many other hardy plants. <BR/>I'm just boiling up the leaves to get that salmony color they give, and I'm experimenting by drying some of the leaves, to see if the dried leaves will give any sort of color. <BR/>I also have alder and birch catkins soaking; I'd heard they'll give a nice brown. They sure smell good when I simmer them!<BR/>Thanks for mentioning about the yellows; very useful information about the lightfastness of the different pigments. I've been wondering what I'll use for yellow this year.Beth Grimhttp://spiralandsprout.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9129357734481422196.post-75850352732063610952009-04-05T16:00:00.000+03:002009-04-05T16:00:00.000+03:00It all sounds so exciting doesn't it. Your work is...It all sounds so exciting doesn't it. Your work is very beautiful.Jodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15665272462573135734noreply@blogger.com