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Title: Logwood dye extract
Post by: Bionic on July 23, 2012, 10:41:54 am

This is the logwood I have been dyeing over the weekend.  The 2 skeins on the left were first into the dyebath together and have come out such a dark purple that its almost black. The other 2 also went into the bath together, once I had taken the first lot out.
I have spend ages and ages rinsing the dye out (probably 12 rinses) and it still didn't run clear so I will have to be very careful if ever I need to wash it.
Sally

Title: Re: Logwood dye extract
Post by: Dans on July 23, 2012, 10:47:31 am

 :thumbsup: Oh wow these are beautiful. Are these natural dyes?

Dans

Title: Re: Logwood dye extract
Post by: Bionic on July 23, 2012, 10:49:53 am

Yes Dans they are but I have bought them in powder form.  At some stage I will try to gather some myself but I was too eager to get started to wait.
Onion skins will be the first of my own that I do but I still don't have enough collected. Nearly there though.
Glad you like them#Sally

Title: Re: Logwood dye extract
Post by: Fleecewife on July 23, 2012, 11:27:24 am

I'm collecting onion skins too  :D :D    My OH threw out the last lot on the grounds that I had been collecting them for ages but hadn't used them yet  ::) ::) .  You can speed up collection a bit by filling your bag of onions at the greengrocers with all the fallen skins in the bottom of their tray.
 
The logwood is glorious, the lighter colours anyway.  I think that grows in the States doesn't it?  I don't think we have anything which isn't fugitive ie fades quickly, in this country to give such a colour.  Blackberries and elderberries do give a lovely colour but it doesn't last  :(
 
You are inspiring us all to get dyeing too Sally  :thumbsup:

Title: Re: Logwood dye extract
Post by: Bionic on July 23, 2012, 11:44:52 am

Logwood is from Central America.
http://www.wildcolours.co.uk/html/tropical_dyes.html (http://www.wildcolours.co.uk/html/tropical_dyes.html)
Its seems that many of the dyes with a deep colour are not native to this country.
Sally
 

Title: Re: Logwood dye extract
Post by: Dans on July 23, 2012, 01:10:38 pm

That's a shame, would be lovely to grow your own dyes. But I suppose bought in natural is better than synthetic. Think my dying may have to wait until winter :-( Although the way the weather has been that may not be long!  ;)

Dans

Title: Re: Logwood dye extract
Post by: Lesley Silvester on July 23, 2012, 10:09:18 pm

Gorgeous colours, especially the lighter ones.  :thumbsup: