two dyes

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happy new week everyone :)
I have blogged yesterday & this morning over at the dyeing blog, about two dyes I've made on Saturday. One with onion (allium cepa) skins/peels, and that doesn't fail to amaze me ...

dyeing with onion skins again

and the other with a lichen I picked last week in the mountain. I am almost sure it is oakmoss (evernia prunastri), a common lichen which can be found in many mountainous temperate forests throughout the Northern Hemisphere. You can read about it here

dyeing with lichen // results

in the meantime, I've been clearing & cleaning over here, in my creative space, stumbling upon bits & bobs I had saved or salvaged, making room for new things, trying to re-organize my stash which regularly goes from the clean & tidy state to the all over the place state.

this afternoon I've baked muffins with U. Rolled oats + blackberries + white chocolate muffins, if you please. (from scratch, of course) I'll share the recipe ASAP, I promise. Until then, take care & have a lovely start of your week !

oxox

Sonia

Comments

  1. Christy 16 August 2010 at 17:22

    That's a most gorgeous saffron color. So beautiful. Wishing you a wonderful week Sonia!

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  2. joanie16 August 2010 at 23:00

    Saffron is what came to mind for me too. These are such lovely results. Taupes a natural shades are also a favourite of mine. I'm dying too, but just with tea, I haven't graduated to anything more complicated yet!

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  3. ellie17 August 2010 at 01:42

    Oh these are such beautiful colours. Can't wait to see what they become - but they are simply glorious just to look at. What wonderful results.

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  4. Lisa at lil fish studios17 August 2010 at 20:18

    Dear girl, these are stunning!! As always, your photos are just perfect too. You take your time and everything is just so. I have a lot to learn from you. xoxo

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  5. Patricia18 August 2010 at 03:28

    Oh, that onion orange is amazing! I sat in on a dyeing class once, taught by a woman who had kept notes and skeins from just about every single dye pot she had ever made up. The onion series was such an eye opener--the subtle and not to subtle differences that different mordants made was so much fun to see. (The sad thing was that moths got into her wool--and I mean moths, a plague of them--and the disaster put her off dyeing for decades.)

    Now I wonder where my natural dyestuffs got to in the move? I am inspired!!

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  6. nicole18 August 2010 at 23:58

    wowowow what beautiful colours, from delicate to brilliant. amazing.

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