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Books on Dyeing A Dyer's Garden by Rita Buchanan. Price: $9.95 A beautiful little book with info not only on dyeing with many of the traditional dye plants, but also on growing them. Good color plates of the impact of different mordants on each color.
Hands on Dyeing Price: $16.95 A great reference for chemical dyeing using the acid fast dyes (for protein fibers like wool, silk, mohair, etc). Easy to use and learn from. If you need to stock up on dyes at the same time, check out our line of Jacquard Dyes, below.
Wild Color by Jenny Dean: $24.95 TEMPORARILY OUT OF STOCK A recent addition to the natural dye book collection, this book features beautiful color plates of the typical dye plants and some of the more obscure.
This book has lots of specific recipies for achieving beautiful colors from natural dyes on both protein (wool, silk, etc) and cellulosic (ie. cotton, linen, etc) fibers. Gorgeous color plates like those shown above for pinks, reds, blues, etc with recipies on the facing page. The first book I've seen that covers "how tos" for such a large range of colors for both types of fibers. Indigo Dyeing by Vivien Prideaux: : $25.00 Everything you ever wanted to know about dyeing with indigo.
Each bottle contains 1 oz of dye and will dye between 1-2 lbs of wool, depending on the depth of shade you desire. These acid dyes require only a mild acid, such as vinegar, and heat to set them. They are washfast and lightfast. Click on the photo to see the colors better. Once you get the enlarged view, you can enlarge it even further by clicking on the little box with blue arrows in it which you'll find in the lower right corner of the chart. The color names listed below are in order as you read the chart from top to bottom, column by column, starting with the left most column. Keep in mind that the printed colors may not exactly match the dyed fiber/yarn.
Each 1 oz bottle contains enough dye to dye between 1-2 lbs of wool, silk or other protein fiber you desire. The swatches below show a range of shades you can achieve from each color depending on the proportion of dye to fiber. Like the Jacquard dyes, these require acid (citric acid or vinegar) and heat to set. Unlike the Jacquard dyes above, these are priced differently by color. They range from $2.50 - $6/jar. Until I can get them organized by price online, they are available in the store only.
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