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RED ONION
allium cepa
Description
As with many natural dyers, many of our first experiments with natural dyeing were with onion skins. What a delight to discover that our heritage variety red onions create a gorgeous olive green colour.
Experiments
We have experimented dyeing wool, cotton and linen with green onion skins. It produced the green in the rope bag projet pictured below. We have also used red onion skins for splashes of red in a bundle-dyed silk scarf. Relatively little dye stuff, by weight, is needed for good colour.
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