The Studio Diary
Dyeing wool with hawthorn - five colours from one stick . . . .
I have been dyeing wool with hawthorn prunings this week - the kinds of prunings done when the long wands of thorns catch at you when you pass. I separated out the leaves from the twigs to get a golden yellow and a russet brown, and used the very end of the dye baths - the exhaust - to get a paler colour too. These are for my stripy blanket.
Hawthorn leaves as a natural dye
The hawthorn is looking amazing at the moment - especially in the valley that stretches out along the burn.
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