Elaine Duncan

Natural Dyeing with Dyer’s Coreopsis

by on Aug.26, 2009, under Blog Posts

Today I dyed using the flowers of the dyer’s coreopsis.  Last evening I harvested the rest of the blooms from the plants and added them to the collection of frozen ones I had been cutting all summer.  I simmered them for about an hour, then left in the pot overnight.  This morning I removed the plant heads/blossoms and strained the remaining liquid adding enough water to cover the skeins of yarns.  I immersed the alum mordanted wool skeins (one natural white colour, one natural grey and one natural brown).  I brought the pot up to simmer and kept it at that temperature for about an hour.  The exhaust bath also gave a beautiful strong golden colour although not as dark as the first dye bath using two natural white coloured wool skeins.  You can see the results in the photos.  I was very pleased with the intensity of colour.

Dyer's Coreopsis

Dyer's Coreopsis

The dyepot of Dyer's Coreopsis

The dyepot of Dyer's Coreopsis

The resulting colours

The resulting colours

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