Natural Yarn Dye Extravaganza - 5 Magical Colours: ALL FROM GATHERED PLANTS | Last Minute Laura

In this one, I go a little wild with some Concord grapes, and some onion skins and some avocado pits to make a rainbow of yarn dye colours! From vibrant yellows to deep deep blue! There are purples and greens and pinks and soft teals and OH MY GOSH I LOVE DYEING YARN! I love how these hanks came out and I hope you do too!
Join my Patreon! - / lastminutelaura
Check out my ETSY - www.etsy.com/c...
my WISH LIST - www.amazon.ca/...
Pay Pal Link - paypal.me/last...
...............................................................................................................
More ways to connect:
Insta: @lastminutelaura_official
Twitter: @LML_toronto
FaceBook: Last Minute Laura
...............................................................................................................
MAIL
Laura Bikinas
Last Minute Laura
Care of:
The Little Green Farm
4586 Tufford Rd
Beamsville, ON
L0R 1B1
Canada
...............................................................................................................
natural dye, yarn dyeing, plant dye, wool dye, natural dye wool yarn, natural dye orange, dye yarn with onion skins, eco friendly wool dye, slow fashion natural dye,marigolds, marigold natural dye, marigold yarn dye, dye wool with marigolds, how to dye wool with marigolds, yellow wool dye, yellow dye for wool, yellow dye from plants, yellow dye from flowers
.................................................................................................................
📱SOCIAL MEDIA📱
Instagram: / lastminutelaura.ca
Facebook: / lastminutelaura
Twitter: / lml_toronto
Pinterest: / lauraandalex
Website: www.lastminute...
Tumblr: / lastminute-laura
#crochet
#wool
#yarn

[@rachelporter6077]

I would love to see a dye color comparison/competition. Onion skins vs. Turmeric, Chili powder vs. Beets, Concord skins vs. Black beans. That would be such an interesting video!!!! (Please please please)

[@LastMinuteLaura]

YES YES! I love the idea of a comparison video!

[@danielomarfigueroa]

I don't know if anyone has mentioned it in the previous comments. When soaking with alum, if you want a more saturated color, you should rinse the fiber after soaking in alum and before putting it in a dye bath. If you would like a less saturated and bright color, then you can skip the rinse. It seems that in the alum soak, the alum takes up space within the fiber thus not leaving much space for dye to stick to, and so you get less saturated color. Learned it the hard way and wasted my annatto seeds ;/ forgot to rinse and my fiber turned out a meh light orangey color, when it could have been a saturated, deep, red orange.

[@DianneTrussell]

Good on you! Keep the awesome earthy crafts alive! In Kyoto once I saw a friend's exhibition of high-end kimonos she had made and dyed with all natural, traditional stuff. She used onion skins and got an amazing array of tones of yellow, gold, fawn, sepia, blues, purples, almost pinks - impressive! They sold for $3,000 each...

[@jdmosaics]

How did she get purples and blues please

[@DianneTrussell]

@@jdmosaics She used onion skins only as far as I know

[@plainjane5678]

loved how it came out!! the blue is really nice yesss do everything!!!!!! spices, plants! natural all the way!!

[@LastMinuteLaura]

Yes! jn&jb I agree! Thanks for watching!

[@eneal2056]

The colors you achieved from those natural dyes are just beautiful! Your tutorial was done so well that I feel totally confident to try it myself. Plus you're very sweet!

[@elizabethmonsees3643]

I love when you blended the colors, you should knit them all up and see the patterning and find out if you like how they knit up and then experiment more with The blending or dripping colors to create different variations or variegation of the yarn and see how it looks.

[@elizabethmonsees3643]

FuN 😄ThankS for posting I’m learning so much from your videos.😊

[@LastMinuteLaura]

You are so welcome! I am glad you liked it

[@maggiezorn4591]

I was absolutely speechless with that first one 😍😍😍 I need to get in on this natural Dyeing trend

[@sarahscott6565]

The blue/yellow ones were the best. Such beautiful colors!!!

[@LastMinuteLaura]

I love those ones as well :) thanks for the comment!

[@Lapivoine461]

C'est vraiment très beau.

[@TheNikkie29]

wow, the grape and onion is lovely

[@linquendahollemans3691]

WAAAUUWWW so cool! Got me really excited for dying my bed sheets with red clay from our terrain.. Going to try it. Thanks for the inspirational video and sharing your own excitement :D Fun to watch

[@LastMinuteLaura]

Good luck! I hope it looks awesome! I have seen some red shirts from somewhere with red clay... so I think it should work! Have an awesome day and thanks for commenting :)

[@tracysmith7935]

Actually the red clay works quite well. My children were playing in a puddle created by an unexpected cloud burst. The mud beneath them was red clay. Their once white u der wear was dyed pinkish-orange and their bright yellow colored cotton T-shirts had streaks and splotches of orange from the red clay too.

[@shesharajnavada651]

For green I think you can use the white muscenda as when I boiled some of that white leaked flowers I got a brilliant green solution

[@smithj2125]

I totally love the green and wish I had some Concord grapes in my freezer! Thank u so much!

[@LastMinuteLaura]

You're welcome & thank you for watching!

[@myrahunter131]

love the spices idea, turmeric, etc. And... I want to know more about the sweater you are wearing!!! Very pretty, and I'm not a pink lover, but it looks very natural. Looking foward to seeing more of your videos. thank you!!

[@nancymorgan5505]

Like the blue and gold and blue and green skeins.

[@claraalebrook5335]

Wow.. Beautiful!! At first it looked like the grape was well purple.. But wow.. Guess it changes when it dries?

[@caraxkins]

i LOVE the onion skin color.! so gorgeous and toned. nature is crazy lol

[@LastMinuteLaura]

I totally agree!

[@annaclaranilsson7058]

Wow I get so inspired by your dye. Really beautiful yarn in the end.

[@LastMinuteLaura]

Thank you Anna! I am so glad you liked it :)

[@judybostick3934]

I love your pin on your black sweater.

[@LastMinuteLaura]

Thanks Judy! I got it at a church sale in Ottawa

[@indesrpringles5356]

I'm so impressed..all the colours are so beautiful...excellent work!!

[@Kimscrochetandknits]

I will have to watch the whole show this afternoon when I'm home:)

[@rachelporter6077]

You rock, Kimberanne!

[@brendaamaliacaldera3329]

Love them all but my favorite was the last one. Can’t wait to see what you come up with next. Have a great day.

[@LastMinuteLaura]

ME TOO!

[@SmarterByNatureTV]

This video made doing the dishes more enjoyable! 😂Recently we have been saving avocado seeds to grow but never thought about using them as dye! Great video! 👍🏽

[@LastMinuteLaura]

Well if you get a few that look like they aren't gonna germinate, sit them in some water for a couple days, then slice them up, and get a dye pot started! Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment!

[@SilentNoMore64]

OMGOSH!!!!! I feel a new hobby coming on!!! Is this as easy as she makes this look?

[@LastMinuteLaura]

I'm so excited for you! Give it a shot!!!

[@miaj5118]

Oh wow!!!!! That was super exciting and beautiful outcome. That wool is devine now. I so want to die yarn now!

[@LastMinuteLaura]

Do it! and then join our discrod server (link is in every video description) and upload some pictured for the LML gang to see!

[@agnesadyana7344]

Wow love all the colors , they are 😍 ❤️🧡

[@JoyUnspeakable316]

Hello, great video. The reason why its browner or rusty shade is from reheating the dye pot. Reheating dye pot again after achieving a pink or red it always turns to brown or rusty burgundy. I’ve noticed this on all my dye batches of avocado dye - after reheating thinking it would intensify the red or pink tone it actually changed the color to brown/rust etc. never happens with onion skin or concord grapes etc only with avocados. Just my 2 cents worth...however those colors you got with the rainbow ombre from natural dyes - my hat off to you! Those aliens look amazing!

[@LastMinuteLaura]

Thank you! I will try again with just ONE time, low and slow, to see if it will brighten the tone! and thank you for the lovely compliment

[@dianne71047]

What beautiful colors...great fun to watch. I see some strange things simmering on my stove this winter....THANK YOU...You are delightful!

[@SueFletcher-e7r]

Just beautiful 😊😊😊😊😊

[@MayeenulIslam]

Laura, first of all, loved the passion, and what's most out of it, we love the education and entertainment that you just imparted - thank you so much for being so close to nature. I'm just eager to know, what are the washing techniques that you will use after using the naturally dyed yarn into the cloths? Because too much bleach or soap might discolor the cloths too early; how can we prevent them from happening?

[@LastMinuteLaura]

I actually experienced this struggle first hand! I poured a detergent right onto a sweater and the colour darkened permanently in that spot. So now, I wash them by soaking them in the tub with a small amount of detergent. Then, i put them through a spin cycle in my washing machine, and then lay flat to dry. I would say, the most important thing to do is to make sure the detergent is diluted evenly in water before washing. Using a gentle soap is advised also. :) I hope this helps!

[@MayeenulIslam]

@@LastMinuteLaura Thank you so much. Will keep in mind, inshaALLAH. Thank you again. ❤

[@cyndidaves5313]

Hi, great video. thanks for taking your time to film and share it with us. I am needing to buy some Alum. Where did you buy your small bag? Thanks again

[@Lee_Tia]

I believe it's the avocado skins that make a pink bye 🥑

[@LastMinuteLaura]

Thanks for watching

[@kellicoffman8440]

What beautiful colors I can’t wait to try natural color dying

[@raiastravaganza2]

I Love the Second Mixing 😍

[@LastMinuteLaura]

Thank you

[@jennasosa7740]

Are these light fast and stand up to washing?

[@oliventwoewe]

Love your knitting pin!

[@sophial.5270]

Wow... I like your experiments.

[@LastMinuteLaura]

Thanks Sophia! I do too! It's like some magical witchy artsy surprise every time!

[@HandiworksbyClyne]

I love all the colors. Thanks for sharing.

[@lauranyc4966]

Omg incredibly beautiful 🤩 I’m speechless 🙂👍🏻♥️🙏🏻 100% MISSONI colors 😍 turmeric stains anything like crazy !

[@pippawilliams3139]

What gorgeous colours - I love the yellow and blue mix. I'd love to see what one of these look like knit up - I'm still getting the hang of translating hank variegation into what it would look like knit - and I'm too scared to spend money on beautiful multicoloured yarn if I don't know what it will turn into.

[@sofiastitchinglove]

Congratulatios! I really liked the result!

[@thepamgoose]

Love this video. New to knitting and crochet and I am very curious about how you dye your own yarn. Yes, more videos of this kind. Spices, flowers, coffee, teas ........ Thank you for this video. You did a great job!

[@LastMinuteLaura]

Thanks Pam! I am so glad you liked the video! More yarn dyeing on the way!!

[@michellebruton6287]

Oh WOW !! those colours are absolutely gorjusssssss. I chanced on your video as I have about 10 balls of pure bleached cotton and have had the crazy idea to dye my own colours - and of course - want to go all natural. I have no idea where to start, I guess maybe by collecting veggie and fruit skins and some flowers and leaves would be a good place 😄😄. Having sleepless nights over how to turn my balls of yarn into hanks (no swiffer and they are very expensive here in South Africa - hoping to advertise and find a second hand one 🤞) but in the meantime I am going to binge watch your videos. We have loads of dark red and bright pink bougainvilia on the farm and I have a few huge hibiscus bushes outside my cottage which are covered in bright pink flowers right now - are they good for dying ? have you done this, and if not would you consider trying ? and have you tried using lillypilly berries (Eugenia tree) - I made jam a little while ago and the juice from the berries stained my dishcloth a beautiful grapey purple colour.

[@JI-qg8bl]

Thank you for this video! I would have tried for the colors in the last skein with the green, but they are all beautiful! The bold blue and yellow, and the warm pink/brown and yellow was such a surprise. I like your "happy accident" attitude. I would love to see more of what color options are available and how to optimize them, and the mixing cause and effect. Also, how well do these kinds of dyes last? Can you do a wash comparison?

[@LastMinuteLaura]

Hey JI! So I have since washed all of these skeins a second time, and they are totally wash fast. (like the water was clear when washed, even in tepid water with wool wash) the blue and green one and the yellow pink skeins have been crocheted into different garments that have been washed and worn several times already. If you join our morning live stream at 7:00am EST, I can show and talk about all the hand dyed garments and show you the yarns now!

[@lucylu3417]

Ordered the Ginger 8 Inch Knife Edge scissors off your general link on Amazon...just started watching your videos-the colors are individually simply beautiful-Thank You for sharing the process you use to dye your wool

[@LastMinuteLaura]

Thank you Lucy! That means a lot to me! I hope you love those scissors (I do), also, thanks for watching the videos :)

[@jenm4721]

Great job, the yarns look beautiful and it's so cool that you did it from such common food items!

[@lisamiller4742]

Oh lovely job, I love each skein. Thank you for taking us on this dyeing journey. Beets sounds like it would be fun, I wonder if flowers would yield their pretty colors as a dye. Do you think blueberries would be similar to the Concord grapes ? How about cherries they stain everything I wonder what they would do on the wool. Can’t wait to see what you do next.

[@LastMinuteLaura]

Thank you Lisa! I love them all too :D :D I want to try cherries this summer (my parents have cherry trees!)

[@soniascott4534]

Beautiful

[@LastMinuteLaura]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@Shrimpbob24]

I loooooooooove them

[@LastMinuteLaura]

Thanks Olivia

[@esthercollins4215]

Really enjoyed your video. Thank you! I definitely will be trying some of your techniques!

[@LastMinuteLaura]

Thank you Esther! I am glad you liked it! If you have Instagram, or email, send me photos of your finished work! I love yarn dye

[@ahamoments132]

This is a wonderful video, thank you.. I'm just about to do my first natural eco dyeing and printing so this is wonderful for hints about colours, but also great for the process whenevr I actually dye just for colour. Stunning! :)

[@DKFisher]

So cool! Love this! Thank you for shopping how you did this. Yes, put on Etsy!

[@mariapelepciuc5197]

So this beautiful colours do last?!

[@tresaley8802]

It look incredible. You could go swimming with all your yarn 🧶🧶🧶🧶🧶🧶🧶🧶 😜🤪 😂 Lol

[@LastMinuteLaura]

Oh how I would love to swim in a pool full of yarn. For now, a small bathtub will have to do! lol Thanks for the comment Tresa!

[@sherrikent6628]

Beautiful, i wonder if you mixed the onion skin and grape if you would get a green? Oops I see the beautiful green at the end.

[@LastMinuteLaura]

it does!!! and the green ends up colourfast! I made a cropped vest pattern with the yarn. It is on my channel if you wanna see the green!

[@irenetavano1681]

You can have green also with red onion skin and alum

[@cinderjw]

I'm about to lichen dye some roving, along with avocado, mullein and onion skins. Hoping I can get it to hold without felting.

[@rutholson152]

I love these yarns. The colors are gorgeous, and your video is great.

[@LastMinuteLaura]

Thank you so much! An updated video is in the works for these different colours. They will be more vibrant and wonderful. Check back in 2 weeks or so for that!

[@barbaragelpi6839]

Gorgeous!!

[@LastMinuteLaura]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@patogden856]

Thanks Laura, would love to see how they knit up .

[@miaj5118]

Nettles make a good sage colour. Spinach will make an amazing green. It does with soup anyway

[@LastMinuteLaura]

Thanks for the tip! I am sure I have nettles around here!

[@laurascholz7334]

Dandelion flowers, dandelion roots, dandelion leaves. You will be amazed at the colors of these 3. Use different mordants, tin, aluminum, copper, iron. Use an aluminum pan, tin pan, copper pan, and iron pan. Use each part of the plant in every pot, but separately. As they all make different colors. So divide the mordants into 3 different bathes, per each mordant. Simmer bath for several hours, then dip. Let sit in the bath for several hours. Each mordant makes different colors. Alum, and onion skins are mordants. You won't believe your eyes. Have fun

[@WibblyWobbly]

These are some awesome scanes! Lovely green there too! Does grape and onion dyes hold well?

[@LastMinuteLaura]

the grape dye fades to a more greyish blue after about 2 years, but it seems to gold fast there (I am at like year 4 with) the onion holds like the wool was never white to begin with. It is a golden as the day it was dyed. *Onion skins are magic*

[@maureengreen4008]

I’m not a fan of yellow but boy oh boy! Might dye some up at some stage! Awesome job, well done 👍🏼

[@LastMinuteLaura]

Thank you for watching Maureen and thanks for the kind words

[@penelope8980]

I like your yarn colors! When I tried dying with avocados my dye was brownish also. I tried an experiment involving pH levels; I don't have pH test strips, so I don't know what my tap water level is. I took out small amounts of dye liquid into two glass jars, and in one I put a "splash" of vinegar - no change. In the other jar I put a "splash" of ammonia and it turned pink, so I put an unknown quantity of ammonia into the dye bath and dyed some wool a nice dusty pink. Maybe that is a way you experiment with your dyes.

[@LastMinuteLaura]

I like the idea Penny! I need to get a hold of ammonia. They never seem to have it in stock when I shop for it. Is there a substitute for it that you could reccomend?

[@penelope8980]

@@LastMinuteLaura I don't know anything about ammonia, so I googled it and found only references to cleaning with it. You could look up info on natural dyes and how pH influences them.

[@laracraft82]

Could you use orange peel to make orange? Good video a nice step by step

[@joelbaker9366]

Been doing some small scale cold vats (yes, they are _that_ small) with black eyed susans, but I've been separating the centers from the petals. The yellow petals obviously give a yellow dye, exceedingly pale on unmordanted wool, a dingy yellow with alum, and a VIBRANT, almost goldenrod with oxalic acid. The centers give colors ranging from a tan, to a dusty rose, and a pale green, but I don't remember what mordants give what color. Somewhere in them is a blue that keeps trying to show up, so I'm working on extracting that through a multi-step process. If dyeing is done with the materials left in the dye bath, the blue shows up as spots. If you wish to try oxalic acid as a mordant, you can usually find it at woodworking stores, labeled as wood bleach. While it is environmentally friendly, and natural (found in rhubarb), it is still toxic, so wear gloves.

[@Smashleigh137]

Hiya!Gorgeous colours, never knew about Concord Grape!Do you know how wash fast and light fast it is?

[@LastMinuteLaura]

Hi! 👋 Technically it is not a light fast dye; however, I have some yarns and fabrics going on 3-4 years that still maintain clear blue color. It may not last forever but def will last like a while. I think it is still WORTH it. Good luck!

[@mountainfolkfiberarts]

I am very curious about the colour/light-fastness of the concord grape skin

[@rufinacaluya1546]

Have you ever tried garden huckleberries? (Nightshade family). I’ve tried making a jam with them before and it turned super dark, almost metallic purple. But then again, I’ve never dyed yarn. It might turn blue

[@ehuntster]

This was so fun to watch and gets me super excited to experiment on my own!! Thanks!!

[@LastMinuteLaura]

Yay! I'm glad to hear that Ellen. Thank you for watching & I do hope you experiment =) 🎄Happy Holidays 🎄

[@alexandralaske9415]

nice colors.....Is the coloring with the grapes lightfast?

[@debbiespain3325]

Love it👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@LastMinuteLaura]

Thanks Debbie!

[@Jannaelzomor]

That's so beautiful! I just wanted to ask alum powder means aluminum sulfate? Coz i haven't seen this in the stores. And after washing the colors still the same? So inspiring ❤

[@김독-e6j]

Really awesome!!

[@LastMinuteLaura]

Thank you!

[@RenEBerry.]

You can get a really rich green with buckthorn berries and making it more basic. We added Lye water, but you probably could add baking soda.

[@catherinefox7832]

Absolutely beautiful I’ve a large bag onion skins I’m so excited now to use them

[@LastMinuteLaura]

Thank you for watching Catherine!

[@LoveEmpress]

This was great! I'm interested in dyeing yarn and just what the best yarn is to buy for dyeing. I love how your colors came out. Thanks so much.

[@LastMinuteLaura]

Hey there Belinda, I used Briggs and Little wool or these skeins, but you could use any protein fibre, meaning anything from an animal (silk, alpaca, wool, Angora, ect) These colours were really beautiful, I loved making them! Thanks for coming by!

[@LoveEmpress]

@@LastMinuteLaura Greetings Laura, I've never used wool yarn before. Does the Briggs and Little Regal wool yarn expand a bit in then dyeing process and is their Aran 3 ply Wool suitable for crochet and dyeing as well? I'm preparing to buy some (I didn't see the pricing on their site) and experiment with yarn dyeing. Thank You!

[@mariastraborny1271]

They all came put gorgeous! Great job. Have you ever tried to use the skin of black cherries 🍒 to get red? If so how did look and did it work?

[@katie-fq7dg]

Would natural dyeing cotton yarn work?

[@cmaur811]

Are you using superwash? I thought you spun the yarn yourself.. Colors a very pretty

[@fairybatch]

WoW!

[@LastMinuteLaura]

That's what I think every time I take yarn out of a dye bath!

[@NanZingrone]

I would love to see the comparisons other are asking for. I'm interested in tumeric and see what happens there, and also achiote which you can get in the Hispanic aisle. We use it in Puerto Rican food (we also use tumeric in those dishes) and the stain on my hands is not only annoying :-) but also just beautiful. I would love to see what that looks like on yarn

[@carpediem.9]

Very pretty colours :) My faves are the blue and avocado brown ones absolutely love that combo! Makes me wanna do it too but I don't use wool or animal fibres, would this work with bamboo, cotton or banana fibre yarns?

[@renatabdos]

awesome to see, thanks for this :)

[@LastMinuteLaura]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@lisaswitzer3847]

Let us see your lovely sweater!!!

[@LastMinuteLaura]

I ended up making a few things with this yarn. Come join for a live stream Monday, Wednesday or Friday from 9-12, and I can show them all off!

[@sabinamauri7423]

Does it smell bad to boil the avocado skin? Love the video, super useful!

[@LastMinuteLaura]

Not bad per se… not great, but not bad. Kind of nutty, and like autumn leaves.

[@melaniebraun3687]

How many avocados did you use for your bath and how did you prepare them?

[@sudharaisherpa4031]

Is it necessary to add aluminium in other fabric also?

[@aingealstone8457]

Are they light and colourfast? Onion skins are, but I thought the grapes were fugitive.

[@laracraft82]

Also why did you use the powder with the wool and what was the name of it again?

[@alexa-wq1sj]

When you hang them in your bathtub does it stain the bath? Or will it drip clean water? Thank you :)

[@jdmosaics]

Did the green last?

[@jdmosaics]

Hi would love to know how your colours came out and did they last ? I noticed you didn’t bring the wool in the dye pots up to simmer before leaving them overnight. Wool need heat to actually stay permanent. Love that blue from the grapes… very interesting

[@LastMinuteLaura]

So the grapes held up quite well for a blue! I have a skein from 4 years ago, 2 years ago, and last year. They do progressively fade to a more greyish slate blue, but they are all still definitely blue. I have cotton fabric samples that show a similar result. The onion skins, being *** Magical *** held up perfectly.

[@drgrandma1]

Laura, to get a pretty green, save purple or deep red flowers in the freezer. When you’ve got a gallon bags’, put them in the dye bath! Can’t remember which mordant I used, but the green wasn’t stable, faded to a dull Tanish-dull-green even this stored in the basement away from the windows. Very pretty green.

[@emilycreager2269]

I've seen videos of people trying to wear or wash things after uaing natural dyes, and things changed color in reacting to sweat or how they were washed. Do these colors gold up?

[@HandiworksbyClyne]

Can I use the alum mordant for cotton yarns? I wanna try it out too. I heard that turmeric makes a bright yellow color for dye.

[@instant_mint]

Does the blue color last over time, is it wash fast? When we make grape juice at home the cloth we use for filtering the juice takes on a vibrant purple/blue color, but that color soon fades into a dull brown...

[@LastMinuteLaura]

I have yarn about 1 and a half years old, and the blue is still blue! perhaps the mordanting makes all the difference!

[@instant_mint]

@@LastMinuteLaura Interesting!

[@barbarasmith6008]

How colorfast is the concord grape dye and the concord/onion mix?

[@kieransartor5059]

You mentioned adding the correct amount of allum powder for your yarn weight. How do you figure out the proportions for that? I'm gathering my supplies to do these colors! So excited.

[@LastMinuteLaura]

Thank you for watching Kieran!

[@carolannramos6691]

Incredible. Great experiment. I can definitely do the avocado and onion since easy access here in Puerto Rico. The concord grapes I don't think I can find them. Is the alum in lieu of citric acid or is it the same thing? Loved your video. Will continue to see them. 😀

[@LastMinuteLaura]

Alum is different. Carol, you can find it in the pickling section at the grocery store, or buy on amazon online. thanks for watching :) and good luck with your dye experiments!