{"id":10898,"date":"2023-09-11T20:23:10","date_gmt":"2023-09-12T00:23:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.danielharper.org\/yauu\/?p=10898"},"modified":"2023-09-12T22:23:24","modified_gmt":"2023-09-13T02:23:24","slug":"natural-dyes-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.danielharper.org\/yauu\/2023\/09\/natural-dyes-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Natural dyes update"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Our experiments in early August to make natural dyes using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.danielharper.org\/yauu\/2023\/08\/natural-dyes-continued\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"10806\">pine cones<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.danielharper.org\/yauu\/2023\/08\/natural-dyes-from-invasives\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"10792\">invasive plants<\/a> weren&#8217;t very successful. Subsequently, Carol did a lot of research and experimenting. When we held Ecojustice Camp in mid-August, she was able to produce some pretty good colors using natural dyes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"753\" height=\"966\" src=\"https:\/\/www.danielharper.org\/yauu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/img_7772.jpeg\" alt=\"Person holding a t-shirt dyed in red, yllow, and brown in a spiral pattern.\" class=\"wp-image-10899\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.danielharper.org\/yauu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/img_7772.jpeg 753w, https:\/\/www.danielharper.org\/yauu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/img_7772-234x300.jpeg 234w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Tie-dye cotton t-shirt by Micah with turmeric, choke cherry, and walnut husks<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The most successful colors came from turmeric powder (bright yellow), choke cherry (magenta), and black walnut husks (brown). Camper Micah brought in the choke cherries. I&#8217;m not sure what Carol&#8217;s dye recipes were, but I do know she used an alum mordant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Right out of the dye vats, the colors were pretty spectacular. After a first washing, the colors definitely faded to some degree. Nevertheless, they were still attractive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I liked the warm brown of the black walnut husk dye the best. I&#8217;ve been collecting walnut husks over the past couple of weeks. If I can just find the time, I&#8217;m all ready to cook up some dye with them. And if I do, I&#8217;ll post the results here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our experiments in early August to make natural dyes using pine cones or invasive plants weren&#8217;t very successful. Subsequently, Carol did a lot of research and experimenting. When we held Ecojustice Camp in mid-August, she was able to produce some pretty good colors using natural dyes. The most successful colors came from turmeric powder (bright &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.danielharper.org\/yauu\/2023\/09\/natural-dyes-update\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Natural dyes update&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[845],"tags":[129],"class_list":["post-10898","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-se-massachusetts","tag-diy-chronicles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.danielharper.org\/yauu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10898","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.danielharper.org\/yauu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.danielharper.org\/yauu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.danielharper.org\/yauu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.danielharper.org\/yauu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10898"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.danielharper.org\/yauu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10898\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10900,"href":"https:\/\/www.danielharper.org\/yauu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10898\/revisions\/10900"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.danielharper.org\/yauu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10898"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.danielharper.org\/yauu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10898"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.danielharper.org\/yauu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}