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Harvesting color, how to find plants and make natural dyes, Rebecca Burgess ; photographs by Paige Green

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Harvesting color, how to find plants and make natural dyes, Rebecca Burgess ; photographs by Paige Green

Language

eng

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Includes index

Illustrations

illustrationsmaps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Harvesting color

Oclc number

667210526

Responsibility statement

Rebecca Burgess ; photographs by Paige Green

Sub title

how to find plants and make natural dyes

Summary

Beautiful natural dyes from plants found in the wild or grown in your own backyard. As more and more crafters are discovering, dyeing your own fabric can yield gorgeous colors. Now master dyer Rebecca Burgess identifies 36 plants that will yield beautiful natural shades and shows how easy it is to make the dyes. Pokeweed creates a vibrant magenta, while a range of soft lavender shades is created from elderberries; indigo yields a bright blue, and coyote brush creates stunning sunny yellows. Gathering Color explains where to find these plants in the wild (and for those that can be grown in your backyard, how to nurture them) and the best time and way to harvest them; maps show the range of each plant in the United States and Canada. For the dyeing itself, Burgess describes the simple equipment needed and provides a master dye recipe. The book is organized seasonally; as an added bonus, each section contains a knitting project using wools colored with dyes from plants harvested during that time of the year

Target audience

adult

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