About 1 hour!

Oooh well done! I love knitting socks, I actually started with them 😆

Oh I love that!

Yes, eucalyptus dye is very colourfast on wool

The short answer is that leaves and flowers are placed on paper, tied up and cooked in water. For a more detailed answer, I have a free ebook on my Gumnut Magic website that explains the process.

Beautiful Chorus, 'I wanna live'

Yes it can! Fabric needs to be prepared with a mordant or binder to take up the natural dyes properly, and also so it can be washed afterwards without the dyes washing out. But if you are doing it just for fun, you can follow the method in this video with any plant based fabric (cotton, linen, wool, silk etc) and see what happens.

My pleasure, glad you enjoyed it 😊

Mostly turmeric! You can see the process in my other video, ‘naturally dyeing a hand knitted top’

Why will it turn red?

whyd it be red?

​@@Grey030because it contains turmeric and when soap contacts turmeric it becomes red

Or just sweat. Sweat will discolour tumeric dyes.

@not.artificial cool 😁

Yes the Black Knight scabiosa flowers I used for the dye are pH sensitive so you can shift the colour in interesting ways

I really enjoyed this twist on the tradition. It will only work for pH sensitive dyes of course, but it would be fun to try it out with purple cabbage.

The first sample was plain, untreated watercolour paper. The second sample was made with 1 piece of iron mordanted paper and 1 piece of paper soaked in logwood dye.

Hola. Este es papel de acuarela, pero puedes probar con cualquier tipo de papel. No agregué nada al agua además de las hojas sobrantes y la piel de cebolla. Puede utilizar el botón 'traducir automáticamente' para obtener subtítulos en español. Y tengo un libro electrónico en español sobre eco-print 'Alquimia del eucalipto' disponible en mi sitio web: learn.gumnutmagic.com/product/alquimia-del-eucalipto/ Hello. This is watercolour paper, but you can try any kind of paper. I didn't add anything to the water besides the leftover leaves and onion skin. You can use the 'auto translate' button to get Spanish subtitles. And I have a Spanish ebook about eco-printing 'Alquimia del eucalipto' available on my website.

Oops, sorry for the slow reply. No they are not necessary. Vinegar actually doesn't do anything. Alum can help get brighter colours but it's not necessary when eco-printing on paper, unlike on clothes where you will be washing them and wearing them outside. And the rusty can provides iron mordant anyway.

Hello, I usually just place the leaves onto dry fabric. It will get wet when I put it in the dye pot

@@louiseupshall8126 awesome. Thank you! Because I had them soaking overnight and unbundled this morning and prints were terrible 😂 will try dry next time. Thank you so much for all your information. Enjoy your new adventures as a mum!

@@louisastaemmler319 no worries. Occasionally I will mordant them and then eco-print straight away, while they are still wet, but yes, dry is my main method. It's good to experiment and find out what works for you.

Gelatin can be found in the baking section of the supermarket. But it is not necessary to prepare paper with it. Just try the technique with watercolour paper, or any paper you can get, and you will get some kind of beautiful results for sure!

Hi, no it is just plain water. When eco-printing on paper you can often keep things very simple with just plant material on plain paper, cooked in plain water. Of course, the iron and logwood dye did help bring out some different effects.