Interesting useful stuff from this book;
Back in the day (it has been traced back to the 4th century BC), people from the mediterranean region used a substance found in a range of molluscs ( a large phylum of invertebrate animals found in the sea) a yellowish substance, that in sunlight changed to a rich violet colour. This colour became the colour of royalty and wealth. But the sea creatures population diminished.
pg 20
The tea test method - crumble the material you want to use to dye (petals berries leaves etc) and leave in a cup of boiling water for 10 minutes. If the water goes coloured then the material should be good for dyeing.pg 39
Flint talks about how some plants are poisionuos, which is handy to know! pg 66
I am going to try some "eco prints". there are two methods; the hot method and the cold method.
The hot method involves steaming the fabric and plants for an hour. I don't want to use up heaps of gas in our flat, so I'm going to use the cold method, which basically involves wrapping the plants and fabric up tightly and leaving them for a month.
So here is all the plants I am using (from home)
Heres all the plants I picked...
So 1st I soaked the plants in boiled water, which would dampen the fabric and plant and soften things up.
Then I pulled the plant apart and laid it on one side of the fabric.
The I folded it and rolled it up
Then I used rubber bands to hold it all together.
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