tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9129357734481422196.post5233925920210849125..comments2024-01-18T21:16:15.516+03:00Comments on Riihivilla, Dyeing with natural dyes: Rhubarb root dyeing Raparperinjuurella värjäystäLeenahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14266878515009058403noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9129357734481422196.post-38132928895523104542009-03-05T19:20:00.000+02:002009-03-05T19:20:00.000+02:00Hi Phishlady, thanks for the link!I know the profe...Hi Phishlady, thanks for the link!<BR/>I know the professor you wrote about, and I have her book about mushroom Cortinarius sanguineus which she had studied. There are so many things to natural dyeing, that's why this is so interesting:)Leenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14266878515009058403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9129357734481422196.post-6054298707921295952009-02-27T05:14:00.000+02:002009-02-27T05:14:00.000+02:00It is almost a year after you wrote this, but I am...It is almost a year after you wrote this, but I am also waiting for the winter to end here in Minnesota, USA and am trying to learn about dyeing with buckthorn. <BR/><BR/>It is very invasive here and we will be cutting quite a bit of it out of our lilac hedge this year. We cut several shrubs/small trees of it last year and tossed the branches in our brush pile, now that I know they can be used for dye I will have to dig out the year-old cuttings and see what they do.<BR/><BR/>I found a link about the emodins from buckthorn being used to produce yellow color on wool, your mention of the dye chemical being the same between buckthorn and rhubarb made me want to learn more.<BR/><BR/>Here are some links I found, in case you haven't run across them yet:<BR/><BR/>(this one mostly talks about using the berries)<BR/>http://www.niles-hs.k12.il.us/amilef/Plantprojects2003/Group4/European%20Buckthorn%20SR.htm<BR/><BR/>I wasn't able to find full text anywhere, but did you know there is a professor near you researching emodin as a wool dye?<BR/>http://home.edu.helsinki.fi/~riraisan/julkaisut.htmphishladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16139149275548988503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9129357734481422196.post-84339139738040110702008-08-07T13:03:00.000+03:002008-08-07T13:03:00.000+03:00Nature Shop, I don't know at all how natural dyes ...Nature Shop, I don't know at all how natural dyes would do as hair dyes:(Leenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14266878515009058403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9129357734481422196.post-53334900909586132122008-08-04T01:48:00.000+03:002008-08-04T01:48:00.000+03:00Any idea if rhubarb root will colour grey hair blo...Any idea if rhubarb root will colour grey hair blonde?Nature Shophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07581279021382182092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9129357734481422196.post-34252107585227661292008-03-27T14:01:00.000+02:002008-03-27T14:01:00.000+02:00Thank you Liis for sharing your experience with fr...Thank you Liis for sharing your experience with fresh rhubarb roots. I have to try with fresh roots later (when all the snow melts)and it is good to know the ratio.<BR/><BR/>Helen, this was very interesting to see that I didn't get rhubarb roots to ferment but maybe in some other conditions it is possible?<BR/>I do the wood ash lye by pouring boiling water over the ash and letting it sit for some days/a week. I have used quite a lot of ash, maybe 2 litres of ash to 8 litres of water. My lye is over pH 10, the pH slips I use don't show over 10, so I am not sure. After some days I then carefully pour the lye to another bucket. I once poured more hot water over the once used ashes, but then the lye came out weaker, I think pH 8-9.Leenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14266878515009058403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9129357734481422196.post-12515228617570502302008-03-26T20:55:00.000+02:002008-03-26T20:55:00.000+02:00Hi Leena, Rhubarb root is one of my favourite dyes...Hi Leena, Rhubarb root is one of my favourite dyes too but I never though to try and ferment it and I thought you did a very interesting experiemnt and your colours are wonderful. ( as always :) )<BR/>I have just tried fermenting alderbuckthorn but have had no luck just an orangy brown. I thought maybe my woodash lye was not strong enough so have made some more but in fact it is taking along time to get really strong -at the moment after two weeks it is only at pH 9. How do you do yours do you drip it through the woodash?Helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05597640040480685246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9129357734481422196.post-5310435038007824132008-03-25T16:56:00.000+02:002008-03-25T16:56:00.000+02:00The madder-rhubarb root yarn is beautiful, I have ...The madder-rhubarb root yarn is beautiful, I have to try this :) I don't know about the dried roots, but I've found out that I have to take at least 300 g of fresh roots for 100 g of yarn (not altering the pH) if I want to get nice yellow. Otherwise I end up with beige.Liishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09993737388071837330noreply@blogger.com