NATURAL DYES
Natural dyes offer incredible colour-producing potential to artists and makers.
Growing natural dye plants combines our love of gardening and our shepherding and allows us to produce our own Manitoba Lopi in a range of colours and hues. We're thrilled to grow more in order to share the joy of natural dyeing with others.
Our dyes are sold in pint-size decorative glass vintage jars.
30g is enough to dye a 100g skein of yarn at 30% weight of fibre. Dyes go much further when used for bundle dyeing or eco printing.
All our dye plants are grown organically using principles of permaculture and regenerative agriculture. They are picked by hand and dried in the open air without the use of electricity.
Our Natural Dyes
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Indigo (dried leaves)
produces blues
$10/30g
Marigolds (petals)
produce a range of yellows and oranges with a green hue
$15/30g
Black Scabiosa
produces ranges of greens and mauves (with addition of acidity)
$10/30g
Safflower
produces yellows and reds
$10/30g
Weld
produces clear yellows. Often combined with other dyes to create teals and greens.
$10/30g
Click here for general dyeing information.
