surprise colour

part 2 – onion skin dyeing

I don’t cook with purple onions often so gathering enough dye material was a challenge

I asked at the produce dept. but they couldn’t/wouldn’t help

so I gathered the loose skins from the bin

approx. 50 gm. of skins and 40 gm. of yarn

same dyeing procedure – soak, simmer, remove skins, simmer yarn 1 hr. and leave overnight to cool

cotton was mordanted with a tannin and then alum, wool and silk with alum

the surprise was an olive green on the cotton

Aimee said she got a green when dyeing handmade paper

in my soggy, wet world there are some signs of Spring – hellebore

my mini workshop proposal has been accepted by the Hand to Hand committee

Scrap Happy Recycling – April 24 – 1:30-4:30 pm

the web site is http://www.cowichanh2hfibrearts.ca

registration will open on or before March 15th

it’s a great location at the Cowichan Valley Fair Grounds, very well organized

with an interesting list of workshops