Tag: Walnut

A summer of solar dyeing for some timely inspiration

August 14, 2024

Today I want to share with you some lovely skeins of yarn dyed last summer, to both inspire myself and to inspire you if you’re tempted to give it a go! These are solar dyes from last year, possibly the easiest, lowest input approach to dyeing, although perhaps not the quickest. What you can also see from this selection is just how you can achieve bright, clear and saturated the colours using this method. Last … More A summer of solar dyeing for some timely inspiration

Natural Dyeing Experiments: Walnuts – What a Tease!

October 9, 2020

Remember those wizened walnuts that I spoke about in my Natural Dyeing introductory post? Well, I eventually got around to trying them out… and I’m butting back in at the beginning of this post because between drafting this post and publishing it, I’ve also experimented with walnut leaves, so I’ll talk about that here too. In sum… Walnuts – What a rollercoaster! The nuts and husks, wizened or not, were not the real stars of … More Natural Dyeing Experiments: Walnuts – What a Tease!