Hiya, I've been busy dyeing with some berries I have been given lately. The berries are Syzygium aqueman, a bell shaped lilly pilly. Apparently you can eat them too! I didn't try, but will do so if I'm lucky enough to get some more next season. Below are some photos of the pot and the resultant fabric. The colour does wash out and if soap is used it becomes a dirty grey, but for a little while the pink will stay. I also discovered that the berries dye cotton beautifully as well as wool and silk.
Today I have heated some more berries, this time mulberry pulp that a friend gave me. She made mulberry jelly and was wondering what to do with the pulp, I was very happy that she thought to ring and ask if I'd like it for dyeing! That pot is still cooling, but so far looks a gorgeous colour.
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| Berries and tied up silk scarf |
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| Fabric samples, cotton, mixed sample and a piece of rinsed cotton. |
3 comments:
nice berry colour, good enough to eat.
oh so pretty.
Wow the colour is amazing, the mulberry should be gorgeous too....Janet
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