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Readers' Dye Tips

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Alder Bark - BY JULIE

Dear Pioneer thinking,

I live in the Pacific Northwest. We use alder bark for orange, old man's beard lichen for various yellow/brown/orange shades, depending on the bark it grows on, and Oregon-grape roots for yellow.

I'm looking for a source of madder root to grow in my garden. Do you know where it can be purchased? The only place I've found so far is in Malta, which is a little far for me to travel.

Camilla - BY BARBARA J.

I just tried Camilla and it's a nice pink-magenta. with lemon and salt. Smelled nice too.

Oxallis - BY KELLY A.

Hi, in the San Francisco Bay Area there is a weed fully in bloom in Jan. and Feb. And being a weed is quite hardy, prolific and hard to eradicate. Oxallis, the one with the yellow flowers. Use the flower heads, some stem ok. It is nearly fluorescent yellow, and quite colorfast on alum mordanted wool.

Oak Galls - BY KATIE K.

Hi there,

I've heard that oak galls makes a good black dye, although i've never tried this myself.

Dahlia - BY LEANNE B.

I haven't seen Dahlia on the list. Red, yellow, orange Dahlia flowers make a lovely yellow to orange dye for wool.

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