Naabrite karjamaal kasvasid kollased karikakrad ning neid noppisin ca 3 liitrit, lisaks sai korjatud Angervaksa õisi ja lehti (oleks teadnud , et juurest saab vaskvitrioli abiga musta, oleks toda ka välja juurinud). Eile tegin siis proovi maarjajääga.
I recently spent 5 days in Southern Estonia foraging for wild strawberries, blackberries and mushrooms (little luck with the last ones) and gathered lots of herbs and plants I know are good for dyeing. I got some alum and started experimenting. Right now I've boiled out the color from app. 3 litres of Yellow Chamomile or Golden Marguerite (lat. Anthemis Tinctoria) and am heating the wool in water+alum mixtureto make the color stick betterto the yarn. I'll let you know when I'm done with this experiment!
OK, I've taken out the firts KnitPicks Bare Peruvian Wool Skein from the pot and tadaa:
Retsept:
Jaga 100gr viht kaheks.
Keeda kollase karikakra õisi (3l) tund 2,5l vees (vajadusel lisa juurde). Kurna õied välja (ära ei maska visata) ja jäta vedelik jahtuma.
Pese pesuseebiga ning soodaga pehmendatud vees vihid ning loputa hoolikalt.
Valmista maarjase lahus: 5l sooja vett + 2 spl maarjast (ca 20 gr), sega hoolikalt, pane vihid vette. Tõsta aeglaselt temperatuuri 90 kraadini (vanad elektripliidid on parimad, neil tõuseb temp aeglaselt, jälgida tuleb vaid, et keema ei tõuse) ja aeg-ajalt lõngavihti ümberpaigutades hoia 45 minutit.
Kurna esimene viht ning pane ta värvikeeduvette, keera tuli käima ja aeglaselt tõsta temp. 90 kraadini. Mina lisasin veel 1 spl maarjast umbes 45 kraadi juures. Kuumutasin 40 minutit, siis oli toon juba aprajalt intensiivne, võtsin vihi välja, lasin tal suurema vee välja tilkuda.
Lase vihil kümmekond minutit liguneda jahedas vees, seejärel loputa vihti kuni enam värvi ei tule. Viimasesse loputusvette lisa pisut äädikat. Riputa varjulisse kohta kuivama.
For future notice, dyeing process as follows:
Divide 100gr skein into two equal skeins.
Boil 3 litres of Yellow Chamomile flowers for an hour. Then filter out blossoms and stuff but don't throw them. Wash yarn in water with some baking soda and regular soap. Rinse well.
Make 5 litres of water app. 35-40 degrees and ad 20 grams of alum. Stir well and put yarn in.
Make it nearly boil (90 degrees) and keep for 45 minutes. Stirring time to time.
Take out the first skein and put it in the pot with color. Stir and make the temperature go up to 90 degrees Celsius again. Keep it this way for app. 45 minutes. After 20 minutes add another spoonful (app. 10 grams) of alum and stir.
Take out skein, make it drain, leave it lukewarm water for 10 minutes, then drain, change water etc until it doesn't bleed anymore. Dry in shawdows.
I have another skein in pot. But about that once I've finished.
Divide 100gr skein into two equal skeins.
Boil 3 litres of Yellow Chamomile flowers for an hour. Then filter out blossoms and stuff but don't throw them. Wash yarn in water with some baking soda and regular soap. Rinse well.
Make 5 litres of water app. 35-40 degrees and ad 20 grams of alum. Stir well and put yarn in.
Make it nearly boil (90 degrees) and keep for 45 minutes. Stirring time to time.
Take out the first skein and put it in the pot with color. Stir and make the temperature go up to 90 degrees Celsius again. Keep it this way for app. 45 minutes. After 20 minutes add another spoonful (app. 10 grams) of alum and stir.
Take out skein, make it drain, leave it lukewarm water for 10 minutes, then drain, change water etc until it doesn't bleed anymore. Dry in shawdows.
I have another skein in pot. But about that once I've finished.
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Kuna aga värvileem oli väga intensiivse värviga veel, tegin teise vihiga uue katse.
Maarjast vett ei olnud ma ära visanud. Kummutasin õisikud marlile ja sidusin kompsuks, viskasin kompsu maarjase vette vihi juurde ja keerasin tule alla. esimene värv oli helebeež, kallasin siis värvikeeduse ka lisaks (vett kokku 7,5l), keetsin ca tund ning tulemus veidi heledam kollane:
I got just slightly lighter color by using this recipe:
Use alum water to make second dye. Pour boiled blossoms onto clean white thin cloth, tie it up and put it in the alum water with the skein. Make the temp go up to 90 degrees. Keep it like that. This would give you a beige yarn, I also poured in the remaining color from the first lot, making the amount of water app. 7,5 l. Make sure water doesn't boil and keep yarn in for an hour. The result is following
Use alum water to make second dye. Pour boiled blossoms onto clean white thin cloth, tie it up and put it in the alum water with the skein. Make the temp go up to 90 degrees. Keep it like that. This would give you a beige yarn, I also poured in the remaining color from the first lot, making the amount of water app. 7,5 l. Make sure water doesn't boil and keep yarn in for an hour. The result is following
Värvivahet nagu suurt polekski, aga keedus on veel alles, tahan proovida, kas tuleb heledam:
Can't see much difference? Neither did I, until I had them next to each other and today that they are drier (I left them outside and it rained a little at night) the difference is slightly more visible.
Täna keetsin juba Angervaksa õisikuid :)
I still have some dye left, I want to try and add some copper mordant. But I'm also trying out some Meadowsweet's flowers.
