One way to dye wool with lichen

[@LiberalinOregon]

Thank you for your info. Very interesting. I gather some lichen in the Cascade mountains of Oregon. I chopped it,and cooked it, strained and dyed wool and it took your color yellow. Mine also to seem color fast. It became more yellow while drying. With a iron wash it has a more greenish tint.

[@GageHillCrafts]

Hi Ali, thanks for sharing your dye notes! I will have to try the iron rinse on some of my colors and see how they change.

[@muireannlynch3700]

Hi Sarah, many thanks for your video. We have just had Storm Francis pass, and so many trees had branches broken off in the countryside around me. While out walking today I picked up a few of them and am now researching what to do. Would just like to know do I let dry out the twigs/small branches and scrape off the lichen? What did you do with the small piece of bark you showed? Many thanks :-)

[@perrimullins1661]

Yeah, I've been reading about the ph sensitivity of lichen dye. Who knows

[@beckynelson6737]

I have a 9 month dye, what do I do now? I’m wanting to dye some cotton t-shirts.

[@beckynelson6737]

It’s a beautiful deep purple.

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