Dyeing plants

I have known that basma is a natural dye for hair for a long time. But I've recently found out that basma is a grayish-green powder made of indigo leaves. And indigo is a plant containing a blue indigo dye. "Why not to try to get the blue dye from basma?!" — I thought and ran to a ...

I suggest you to make an experiment of wool dyeing with natural dyes: chokeberry and nettle. You can do that at home or at the cottage. If you want to get new interesting shades of wool, you can use the plants which you have on your garden plots or in the forest to dye natural materials, not just ...

For a long time, I wanted to explore woad to see the presence of blue dye.I got the seeds and planted them. The grass grew up quickly and was very impartial. I picked big leaves (sorry, forgot to weigh them). There was about half a bucket. Rinsed.Shredded them with hands.   Poured boiling water. ...