HOW TO MAKE NATURAL DYES WITH LICHEN | ORGANIC COLOR | ORANGE YELLOW BROWN | BEARD WOLF LUNGWORT

[@abihart7132]

Thanks for a great video Margaret, your channel is such a fantastic resource! Appreciate how you share responsible foraging principles too as well as the full process with all the variations for different fibres. So cool seeing the sample ring at the end too! I have some beard lichen I'm going to try 😊

[@MargaretByrdColorQuest]

How wonderful for you to say, Abi - welcome to the Color Quest family! The symposium was incredible and I absolutely love my fiber sample ring. I was just admiring it this past weekend 😊 Have fun with your beard lichen and let us know how it goes 💚

[@malathiepahathkumbura1298]

Thanks Margaret. I am looking forward for the next video.🤗💖

[@MargaretByrdColorQuest]

My pleasure, Malathie. See you in a few days 😉

[@bjchadwick4261]

Very neat results. Interesting!

[@MargaretByrdColorQuest]

Protein fibers are truly the secret here to such deep colors 🤎

[@danaerickson3403]

I enjoy your videos thank you! What type and size of a pot do you recommend?

[@MargaretByrdColorQuest]

How wonderful of you to say, Dana, thank you! I recommend using a stainless steel pot for a great neutral and non-reactive environment for your natural dyes. Most of my starter pots are ~8-12 quarts in size and I picked them all up in thrift stores. It really depends on what types of fiber you are dyeing, but this is a great place to start and build up from there 😊

[@jennamarks4699]

This is so inspiring Margaret think I want to try both boiling and the ammonia method. Do you have recommendations for where to buy ammonia, or if I can use a detergent with ammonia in it for this method? Or does it have to be straight ammonia? Thanks for the help

[@MargaretByrdColorQuest]

So happy to hear that, Jenna, thank you! I can buy household ammonia at my local grocery store in the cleaning supply aisle which is just ammonia & water. You will want to make sure it is labeled 'household' which is only 5-10% ammonia. You do not want to use anything stronger.

[@botanicaltreasures2408]

I just experimented with some local windfall beard lichen. After cooking it in water the liquid had a very pale color-pink? so I added some washing soda and the liquid now looks medium orange. I’m going to let it set awhile before I try it out on some wool.

[@MargaretByrdColorQuest]

Thanks for sharing some of your lichen dye pot experiments - love it! Playing with the pH sensitivity of dyes is one of my favorite ways to stretch the natural color palette. Let us know how it goes!

[@funallovertime7845]

Just wanted to ask you some questions can waste like banana peels, almond shells , peanut shells, be used as natural dye will the colour last longg

[@MargaretByrdColorQuest]

There are some food waste options that are great natural dye sources like avocado skins & stones, onion skins and pomegranate skins. All of these are higher in tannin content so are more easily bonded with fibers. I have tried banana peels in the past which made light neutral shades and nut shells/hulls are a common dye source. I have not tried almond or peanut, but have videos here on black walnut and acorns. You can also find videos here on avocado, onion and pomegranate skins for dyes, plus these will be the stars in next week's video 🤎

[@funallovertime7845]

@@MargaretByrdColorQuest Thank youu so muchhh for answering hope you would make more videos on colour dyes from waste as it is reallyyy sustainable and easy.

[@MargaretByrdColorQuest]

@@funallovertime7845 You are very welcome! The next 2 videos I'm releasing will be using food waste, so keep your eyes out 🤎

[@jessicabey275]

Ahh I wish you put some of your bloopers in The video 😅

[@MargaretByrdColorQuest]

I really thought I had it this time! Now I'm walking around my house saying 'phaeolus schweinitzii' just because 😊 My son is also saying it too!

[@jessicabey275]

@@MargaretByrdColorQuest 😅 I have a really hard time saying specific

[@MargaretByrdColorQuest]

@@jessicabey275 Pacific?

[@jessicabey275]

@@MargaretByrdColorQuest yeah 😶‍🌫️