Picture of the shrimp plant dye

May 19, 2009 15:58

I did a quick solar/stovetop dyepot today with the shrimp plant (thanks for the identification, Huette!). I pulled a bunch of the leaf/flower combinations, and put them in the pot on the stove with water. When it was almost boiling, I put it out on the back porch in full sun, and added some silk that had been mordanted. I can't remember if that ( Read more... )

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noxcat May 20 2009, 02:52:29 UTC
Have you thought about plating some onions? THe skins make a bice yellow, or so I'm told.

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