Wild Color: The Complete Guide to Making and Using Natural Dyes
Wild Color: The Complete Guide to Making and Using Natural Dyes
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The best resource on natural dyeing and a practical and inspiring guide to creating and using natural dyes from plants, Wild Color, Revised and Updated Edition, offers the latest information on current environmentally friendly dyeing techniques and more than 65 species of plants and natural dyestuffs.
This book will guide you through:
- All the necessary equipment
- How to select fibers and plant parts
- How to choose the right methods for mordanting and dyeing
- How to test color modifiers and the fastness of dyed color
- How to obtain a range of gorgeous colors from every plant, from alter to woad, shown in more than 250 swatches.
Why did we choose this book? Color Me Happy Fiber Arts Studio is a Natural Dyer of yarn and fiber. Linda and Michelle, are co-owners of Flax & Fiber Yarn Collective. They recommend this book highly as the all-in-one resource for fiber enthusiasts or anyone who is interested in new uses for traditional dye plants; and eco-conscious DIYers who want authoritative information about the natural dyeing process and the plants that are essential to it.
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