Dyeing with Acorns and Walnuts: From Forest to Fiber

Natural dyeing with acorns and walnuts produces lovely tans, browns, grays, and blacks. Join me as I take you through the process. My property is filled with oak trees, so acorns are not hard for me to find. They are one of the first natural dyes I learned to extract. Walnuts produce a very similar dye to acorns, when pigment is extracted from the green outer hull. Both nuts create brown, with acorns leaning more tan, and walnuts leaning more red, in my experience. In this project, I combined acorns and walnuts, both leftover from previous dye pots. These nuts contain a lot of pigment! I used leftovers, but you can get beautiful results with freshly foraged nuts.
For instructions, read my blog post: spindleandspoo...

[@PughAnita]

So neat how many times you can use that same bath. Thanks for sharing 😊

[@spindleandspoonhomestead]

I love a thrifty project! Thanks for watching!