Dye wool with Marigold Flowers | Last Minute Laura

A beginner natural dye project: how to dye wool with marigold flowers. In this video, I will go through all of the steps, start to finish on how to dye wool yarn a beautiful variety of colours with Marigold Flowers. I collected the marigold lowers from my garden, and processed them and hand dyed the wool on the same day. It turned out so lovely! Try this easy natural dye recipe, follow the tutorial, or just watch and enjoy the process. I love natural dye, and having some plants in my garden to use is so unique! Next year I think I will plan a dye garden for real! For a little extra fun, watch right till the end for some bonus vlog ish content! Let me know what you think! Below I have also added links (affiliate ones) to alum in case you have a hard time finding it :)
Episode: 18 Year: 2020
Date: Saturday, August 22, 2020
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[@tinnerste2507]

Georgeous! I planted like 100 plants cause of the other marigold dye video you made, but the slugs only left me 3 ! Maybe next year

[@Amadeus637]

The marigolds at the beginning of the video - I bet the marigold plant that you got from the nursery would benefit from being deadheaded. So, its really good to be picking the flowers. Plants exert a lot of their energy into blooming and sustaining their blooms. If you deadhead the plant (pick all the flowers off), it'll direct more of its growth into stems and leaves. It can help it grow bigger. It takes longer to see a really full bloom, but when it does fill out, it'll be big and gorgeous. Lots of energy in those flowers.

[@Kimscrochetandknits]

oh wow those colours are really beautiful love the greens and yellows with mild oranges

[@mkelly7016]

I love that bowl! How cool that the clay is from your back yard! I’m looking forward to that video too! Thnx🙏

[@lindacalver773]

Great video..I’ve watched loads of dyeing tutorials and still never really understood the process but learnt a lot more from watching this, not sure if I’m brave enough to try it yet though . Thank you Laura.

[@kateneonne6757]

oh my goodness, you are my hero! you know so much!!!

[@evewagand3374]

Very well laid out and explained. Not overly wordy, but interesting and informative.

[@LastMinuteLaura]

Thank you kindly!

[@AnimeShinigami13]

aaah, you've discovered marigold cultivars ;) watching the bit at the end. the flowers your mother gave you are probably french marigolds. if they have an incredibly powerful smell just lightly brushing against the leaves as you pass. i suggest getting french "gem" marigolds because of how strong their smell is, if you want pest repellant marigolds thats what you want. the flowers are tiny but the smell is gigantic. as for the hornworm, I throw them into the bushes. i figure if they're strong enough to make it back to the tomato plants then I don't want to screw with them beyond that! XD besides the bushes will have cover for them to try and return through. loling so hard at it though because I once found one at the community garden with a host of eager teenage volunteers who were horrified and fascinated AT ONCE! MISSY YOU PUT THAT MINT IN A POT THIS INSTANT! *horror face* you'll lose your entire garden patch to it!!!!

[@LastMinuteLaura]

[@l.baughman1445]

This is a great video! I’m also digging your overall resourcefulness. This is sustainable. Woo hooo!! 😷👍

[@anabelly1973]

The best video. Thanks so much. Very well explained

[@VultureSkins]

6:05 I wasn’t sure if I was going to sub, bc this isn’t a craft I participate in, but the way you said _rainwater_ so softly convinced me that I wanted to see more lol

[@FridayFrida]

I couldn't catch the premiere, but I watched later. Great video, I love the orange/red colour!!!

[@kyststudio-epicartadventure]

If commercial yarn doesn’t feel greasy, it is already scoured. It needs to be scoured to spin it in the machines. If they added an oil to spin it, you can tell by putting a bit in boils still water and watching the surface to see if you get an oil film. If so, scour before dying. If not, skip the scour and just soak for half an hour in plain water.

[@LastMinuteLaura]

Thanks for the info :)

[@hawthorngrove3629]

They would certainly look great together in sweater or poncho

[@brendaamaliacaldera3329]

Wow I have missed you doing videos like these. Yay. Love your hair beautiful as always.

[@EMSAngel2012]

Super pretty! Love the orange color from the wood ash

[@BonnieRennaker]

Very fun AND beautiful! This makes me want to experiment with the marigolds

[@cyndidaves5313]

I love both skeins, I am a Camouflage color lover. Thanks for the video

[@carolharper268]

Thank you for explaining about cream of tartar, I’m new to this and there seems so much to learn. X

[@LastMinuteLaura]

I am glad I made sense lol. I am still learning too! It is such a fun craft to experiment with :). Thanks for commenting Carol!

[@carolharper268]

Last Minute Laura you’re welcome, you’re a little ray of sunshine in my life, I love your videos. X

[@SirAnimosity]

Omg I want a sweater with this colorway ❤

[@elizabethmonsees3643]

Cool 😃 love the colors and how you added different elements to modify the color. Watching you do thiS has inspired me to try to dye with more than just Cushing dyes. Thank You 😊

[@angeladavenport40]

Absolutely gorgeous!!!!

[@HandiworksbyClyne]

Wooow I love the colorrrrss...so shiny

[@nb6327]

Loved this video, Laura!! ❤️❤️👏

[@knitpurlsquirrelwithgrannydee]

Gorgeous!!!

[@DianneTrussell]

Way to go, Laura!

[@WendyAchatz]

The first year I had 2-3 horn worms. The next year I had 200+ they seem to lay eggs in the soil. So now I don’t or can’t plant tomatoes in the same garden. I’d say feed that worm to your chickens.

[@mycrochetcorner2345]

Hi Laura sorry i missed the premiere,great video!!!!!

[@Daveonarave]

Lovely to see you my friend sharing all your talents and tricks :) fab kitchen and garden and gorgeous wall. Hope you are doing ok x

[@LastMinuteLaura]

Thanks Dave😊 I’m doing much better after my big break. I hope to see you Monday! 😊

[@Daveonarave]

@@LastMinuteLaura so glad to hear good for you, unfortunately now working at work not home so instead will watch recorded version. Please send my love to all the other lovely regulars and hope to join a live soon maybe an afternoon one if you'll do again x

[@syddlinden8966]

I have a feeling my temps are getting to high even though I've been using a hotplate on the lowest setting. I may have to try dyeing indoors on the range for better control... I will def be growing a mountain of marigolds next year! I LOVE the garden tour. I'd guess your mom's marigolds are a different variety? Plant marigolds, basil, and dill around your tomatoes to keep the horn worm moths from laying on your plants. We had them for the first time ever and it's the first year we've not had marigolds around to keep the biting bugs at bay.

[@claudiakoprowski8925]

Excellent! Thank you!

[@etm567]

If you let your water sit for a couple of days the chlorine goes away. What is the cream of tartar for? Gorgeous, gorgeous!

[@kyststudio-epicartadventure]

Have you tried Oregon Grape? The roots make an extremely bright yellow (no mordant on cotton).

[@LastMinuteLaura]

That is so cool! I haven't tried that! I wonder if other grape roots would work. We have wild grape here, as well, my parents have coronation and concord grapes growing! I will be doing a little digging on that today! Thanks :)

[@kyststudio-epicartadventure]

@@LastMinuteLaura well Oregon Grape isn’t really a grape. Just has small blueberry looking fruits and yellow flowers with leaves that look like holly.

[@HappyGnoux]

gorgeous. you could have put the yellow and green in the ash water in some places so it would have put all the colours on one skein. those are really gorgeous! thank you fro this video :)

[@helenhetrick6309]

Looks pretty

[@janiceedwards7442]

Great Video! You are so talented. I will be dying alpaca...do you see any challenges with this fibre vs wool?

[@rebeccadees2300]

Can you use dried flowers?

[@marvelous2708]

I’m new to your tutorial ,always wondered how they get all those beautiful colors now I know ,❤️❤️❤️it ,where can I get your yarns to buy.

[@anuradhasharma3336]

thanks for these videos, they are very helpful. you look like Jennifer Aniston

[@moirangthemvictoriadevi8164]

Very interesting ❤️

[@LastMinuteLaura]

I think so too!

[@jcv200]

These came out super pretty!!

[@christacorvidae615]

Oooooohhhh! I have a ton of marigolds! Do you think I make the dye bath ahead of time while I acquire the other materials?

[@LastMinuteLaura]

If it's going to be a while, the dye bath could rot. I would say, if you can't do the actual dyeing within like a week of making the dye bath, you may be better off drying the flowers, for later use. They make an amazing dye from dried. I think you could also do a solar dye bath (big jar, water, flowers, leave in the sun for a week) I hope this helps!

[@vchick2010]

Loved the initial yellow color...could you have just doused it around a few times to keep that light yellow color?

[@LastMinuteLaura]

Possibly!, I think also changing out the premordant to just to a more diluted alum water. No afterbaths either, and just a rinse after the dye soak. Good luck!

[@dianeky617]

Just found your channel. I love how the colors turned out. How did you make the iron water & wood ash water? I have a pretty good idea but wanted to ask before I tried this. Thanks for a great video.

[@annmarymercier2211]

What is the ratio wood ash to water to make the modifier solution?

[@SH-ij1kw]

Wont the wool felt because of all the hot baths?

[@LastMinuteLaura]

as long as you are gentle with the wool, and don't toss it between hot and cold, it shouldn't felt :)

[@dmaxi3816]

Next time try 3 skeins to reflect the 3 colors

[@theedorbs]

Dust Bath Diane!

[@ednacrafts9979]

18:28 18:30 18:32

[@etm567]

That's a hank, not a skein, by the way. The skein is when it's wound up like when you buy yarn that you can pull from the middle. That's a skein. The circle from the niddy noddy is a hank. Hank Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster 1 : coil, loop specifically : a coiled or looped bundle (as of yarn) usually containing a definite yardage. A skein is similar to a ball but it is formed into an oblong shape. It’s the classic shape most people think of when they think of yarn. Yarn can be pulled either from the outside or the inside of a skein of yarn.

[@jesserogers9267]

May I ask what was in the iron solution?

[@LastMinuteLaura]

Hey Jesse, I’m not a scientist, but I learned to make this solution for mordants g and colour modifying yarn. the iron solution is made with 1 part vinegar to 3 parts water. Adding rusty items to this solution and letting it sit and dissolve some of the red rust creates an “iron solution”. This can take like 2-3 weeks, and if you just leave it in a sealed jar it can work for a long time! I have. Jars of this stuff from almost 2 years ago. I just take a scoop when I need it and top off the whole thing with water. Some lovely magic results in this. making natural dyes bond to yarn which blows my mind 🤯 🧶 I hope this helped

[@jesserogers9267]

Last Minute Laura thanks so much for your reply! I watched more of your videos and learned more about the iron water and wood ash water. Thanks for all of the information!

[@poojajayan4863]

From where you source wool yarn?

[@Bermerpap]

I am wondering can you dey Cotton with plants?? And how to do??

[@syddlinden8966]

for cotton, you wanna scour with alum and washing soda, then mordant with a tannin like the cream of tartar Laura uses in this video and more alum. And that's the same alum she's using here too. then, you can put the cotton into your dye bath. I've also seen folk do their mordant IN the dye bath, but that may also effect the color. And just using a different fiber will effect the color you get too. that's why yarns have dye lots - wool form a different sheep will even take dye differently. tldr: scour with alum and washing soda. mordant with a tannin source and alum. dye. use all the temp recommendations as given by Laura here. cotton holds up much better to boiling, but the only point you might want to boil it would be the scouring process, and it will cause shrinkage. Too much heat with plant dyes will often result in brown vs a nice color - something I seem to be fighting with.

[@nadiarogo4511]

I wished you would do solid colors instead of this weird half/half stuff which feels like a waste of yarn and dye. Each color looks so much better on its own! Anyway, cool video! :)

[@LastMinuteLaura]

I love the two tone! It makes really cool patterns on the final fabric. Give it a shot, you might find it's something you like!

[@nadiarogo4511]

@@LastMinuteLaura I might :) Would be great to see how it turns out in a project (maybe it's in one of your videos I haven't seen yet)

[@AnimeShinigami13]

do NOT consume alum in any form. during victorian times they ended up adding so much alum to flower that it caused intestinal compaction which killed a lot of children. knowing this i would NEVER put it in anything that is going inside my body. leave it in your dye kit. have you done anything with common violets and yarn dye? I'm trying to understand where my dye went wrong.

[@LastMinuteLaura]

I think the blue/ purple from violets is a fugitive colour. I usually find the best success in yellow flowers. anything pink, purple, or blue will rarely stick.

[@elizabethramos6527]

Feed them to the chickens. I hate horn worms. If you let them they'll destroy your plants.

[@LastMinuteLaura]

but aren't they so weird looking!!!!

[@joaquinribeiro2941]

Talk , talk , talk !!!!!!!! Insoportable !!!

[@ozodari6160]

I think it's really beautiful, makes me cringe to pick flowers. But I cant wait to see what the final product is

[@LastMinuteLaura]

I like to try to harvest them at the end of the day, after they have been open a few days. That way the pollen has been dispersed, and the nectar used up by the pollinators. It's not perfect, but the dye they provide is just as valuable to me as the beauty they show while still on the plant

[@anabelly1973]

May I ask what was in the ash solution?