Time for some more natural dyeing, this month with some Daffodils.
Using just the flowerheads Bubbling up a nice Dye Bath.
Straining the plant matter ready to add the pre- mordanted wool.
Rather than do an exhaust dip to produce a lighter shade of yellow I divided the dye bath solution into two pans. One pan I added soda ash at the start of the dye process, the other pan I added the soda ash right at the very end of the brewing.
You can probably notice in this photo that the ties that secure the skeins and stop them from tangling are of different colours to the yarn, here- red, navy and orange. I always use contrasting colours for my skeins so as I know where they are tied to avoid accidently snipping the yarn when balling them up. I have to be certain that the yarn I use for this task is colourfast of course so as not to corrupt my dye colours.
A small sample of approximately 150g of Shetland hand spun wool, natural hand dyed with daffodils.
I just know it will come in handy for my knitting and weaving projects.
