How to Make Dye with Mushrooms | The Dyer's Polypore

[@alexanderprestrelski2563]

I am very passionate about mushrooms, mostly in a culinary sense. I found out about natural dyes and have definitely run across Dyers Polypore. Thanks for this guide! I can't wait to breathe new life into a few old white t shirts.

[@MyraMadeColor]

Good luck with the T-shirts! It will work best if they are 100% cotton (or other plant fibers) and make sure to use a mordant.

[@twistedpixie8299]

Awesome!! Loved every bit of this!! Thank you lovely ladies! 💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖

[@MyraMadeColor]

Thanks for watching! 😊

[@jeremyt9164]

This is awesome!

[@LusiaKnits]

so sweet and amazing episode

[@simplica1]

The colours are amazing, and it's also very interesting to hear about how to find the mushroom and identify them. Thank you for sharing!

[@MyraMadeColor]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@ailienrhijnsburger5178]

Thank you! Such a lovely inspiring video. I love how you and your mom work together. You two have so much knowledge to share. I also loved that you dyed your yarn wearing a hat made with the same mushroom, so that we can see it in all stages, including how durable and lasting the colour is. Thank you for sharing!

[@MyraMadeColor]

Thank you so much!

[@kathyenglish8427]

What a wonderful video both informative and it’s great to see a relationship between a mom and daughter

[@MyraMadeColor]

Thank you! She’s the best.

[@MelissaDuffySacredBreath]

I SO enjoyed watching the two of you together doing the dyeing! I have recently dyed using this and a little iron to make a lovely green shibori design cotton underwear. I'd like to add that if you are new to natural dyeing that there are different ways to prepare protein fibers such as wool from cellulose fibers such as cotton. Also, I gradually heat up my wet, pre-mordanted protein fiber to match the temp of the dyepot because adding cold protein fiber to simmering dye bath can shock the fibers and depending on how fine they are can felt them. (Been there done that! LOL!

[@WildcraftDyeing]

I love this video so much! More videos with your mom please! :)

[@MyraMadeColor]

More to come!

[@WildcraftDyeing]

@@MyraMadeColor Awesome!!! I want to hear more about what it was like in the 70s and 80s when the modern dye movement was just getting going. So amazing!

[@lucasfine9012]

This is so cool

[@theflamingpearl]

Did your mom ever have a display at the Sonoma County Herbal Association fairs? She seems familiar to me. Also I love her laugh❤❤❤ I used to study herbs with a woman in Santa Rosa so I would attend that annual fair. I moved away to Oregon in 2005. I miss that nice group of folks❤. Thank you Myra for sharing your mom with us ❤❤❤

[@MyraMadeColor]

Thank you and you're very welcome. She was often at various fairs to educate the public, so it is possible you saw one of her displays.

[@RAINYPOTATOpacifictime]

Love you two so much! Thanks for the info

[@MyraMadeColor]

Our pleasure!

[@nian60]

Interesting that we can get such nice dyes from mushrooms. 🍄

[@MelissaDuffySacredBreath]

Also, many common lichens and native plants too! The gradients of color in natural dyes are SO beautiful!

[@mariaellers8026]

thank you lovely we have a heap of mushrooms right now here in Australia, you two are gorgeous.

[@studiorootsjmb7098]

Thanks Dorothee and Myra Beebee for your video, love it

[@MyraMadeColor]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@BlossomBlendFibres]

Absolutely gorgeous colour! I too love how you and your mom work together. Do you think that mushroom grows on Vancouver Island? We have lots of Douglas Fir trees on the island. Thank you for sharing!

[@MyraMadeColor]

I don't know for sure, but it sounds like the right environment. It can't hurt to look - good luck!

[@MelissaDuffySacredBreath]

It does! I live on Whidbey Island and we have tons of it here...Look for it in October in established Douglas fir forests.

[@CyclingM1867]

This was such a lovely video! You two have a great relationship, and I love that this was just a conversation between a mother and a daughter about something in which they both have an interest. That's my favourite kind of instructional video. :) This reminds me of the relationship I had with my mom (RIP), and so I love it for that as well. :) I currently don't have any kind of mordant, but I do have mushrooms. Not the kind you have here, but other ones. So I'm going to give it a try. Can you store mushroom dye in glass jars? If so, how would you do that? In darkness? Have you ever tried to do solar dyes? If these questions have already been answered in other videos, I apologise. This is just the first of your videos that I've watched. I'll definitely watch more. :)

[@MyraMadeColor]

Thanks for watching! Yes you can store the mushroom dye in a tightly sealed glass jar. And they can be used for solar dyes.

[@CyclingM1867]

@@MyraMadeColor thank-you. That's great to know! :)

[@nancyskinner5207]

Gorgeous color. Might I find these in Tennessee?

[@MyraMadeColor]

They like to grow in conifer forests.

[@kobypederson8511]

what mordant is best for plant fiber (hemp)? and what brand is the stove you use in the video? Thanks and enjoy the videos!

[@MyraMadeColor]

You can use the same mordant that I use for animal fibers, aluminum sulfate, if you first prepare the fiber with a tannin bath to help the the alum absorb into the plant fiber. For the brand of stove, it's a simple hot plate, nothing special. Thanks for watching!

[@autumnfairy76]

Do I rinse the yarn or just hang to dry after?

[@MyraMadeColor]

You will need to rinse the yarn.

[@arfamohamed6766]

Can you tell me how much water you used and how many grams of mushrooms you used? Please, I really love your work and I enjoy watching you 🥰 I even chose to look for mushrooms and their colors, and can I dye my jeans with them? Please I want your help with this 🥺 and I would be very grateful to you

[@MyraMadeColor]

It would difficult to dye jeans with mushrooms, and you'd need a lot of them. So keep that in mind. The amount of water isn't important, as long as your fiber has enough room to move freely. A 1:1 ratio of mushroom to fiber, based on weight, works fine. Good luck!

[@rlcwallpapers]

What do you use to make sure the colour stays and doesn't wash away when washed? I read somewhere you can use old pennies and other things.

[@MyraMadeColor]

The process is called mordanting. If you mordant your fiber before you dye it, it will help fix the dye to the fiber, which helps keep the color after washing it or with exposure to the sun. I have two how-to videos on how I mordant my yarn: For protein fibers: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fXzYg6GveZqkbM0 For plant fibers: kzbin.info/www/bejne/l4m7e5Wrrrydrdk

[@rlcwallpapers]

@@MyraMadeColor Thanks a lot going to watch the videos now.

[@user-pj5ky9gv5p]

Will trhis work on cotton? :) thank you

[@MyraMadeColor]

Yes. I assume the color will likely be lighter because plant fibers don’t absorb the dye as easily as wool. I haven’t used it to dye cotton but it should still produce a lovely color. Good luck!

[@shallymuhlishina9111]

Can this dye color fabric?

[@MyraMadeColor]

Yes, but it needs to be either a plant or animal fiber.

[@arfamohamed6766]

And can I buy quantities of blue, yellow and red mushrooms? And how much does it cost? Please I need your help 😪 knowing that I am from Sudan

[@MyraMadeColor]

I do not know where to buy mushrooms.

[@michellebutler2690]

Can I use this mushroom to die my white hairs? 😂

[@MyraMadeColor]

I wouldn't recommend it 😂