Some results of my earlier adventures with natural dyes. These are dyed with blue elderberry; I had read how red and black elderberry are not very light- or colorfast, but I dyed these two or three months ago and they are doing well! Could be chance, but maybe blue elderberry is more colorfast?
I want to try changing the PH in the future for more colors. These are alum mordanted wool embroidery thread, one is undyed the other is white. In the first photo, the fibers that were originally white are on the top, undyed on the bottom, and the one weirdo off to the side was white and went in late when I decided there was more room in the jar.
No heat added to the dye bath to keep the colors brighter. I prepared it by crushing the berries, adding just enough water to cover the plant matter, leaving them overnight, crushing again and straining out the plant matter, then left the mordanted fibers in for three days; very simple. Washed thoroughly, dried in the window lol.
The white fibers became a sort of soft raspberry color, the undyed became a sort of rose gold. The weirdo is a sort of Pepto Bismal color? To be poetic
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new pfp! I actually haven’t changed it in about a year???
[ID start: simple digital cartoon portait drawing of a dark haired light skinned person, they are smiling and throwing the victory sign, they are wearing a big beige sweater, the background is a greyish green irregular square. end ID]
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if i can't get this fixed i'm genuinely considering buzzcutting it
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using google maps 3d view to hang out in a linen closet virtually and look at some folded textiles from the 1890s for work. the future is now
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the thrill and satisfaction of something both forbidden and safe
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how are your sundays going my nose is bleeding and there's a cockroach trapped under a cup in my kitchen and i accidentally bleached a circle into the butt of my favorite jeans because i thought the tilex was shout stain remover
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Get Rid of Gray Hair Without Dye? Here are 2 Solutions I Tried (with Before & After Pics) • budget FASHIONISTA
Get Rid of Gray Hair Without Dye? Here are 2 Solutions I Tried (with Before & After Pics) • budget FASHIONISTA
How to get rid of gray hair naturally — or at least without hair dye? I set out to find an answer, because I was over permanent hair dye. Permanent dye makes my brunette locks look amazing…for exactly one week. Then the dye job has the opposite effect, emphasizing the gray at my hairline as my roots come in.
So, this is a good news/bad news post. First, the good news. There are non-dye options…
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