Sarah MatthessOct 24, 20192 minCoastal Colours - dye wool with seaweed!Any natural plant dyer is constantly on the look out for new colours, whether from seeds, nuts, bark, leaves, plants, lichen, fungi, you...
Sarah MatthessJul 12, 20194 minDyeing with Woad SeedIf you have ever grown Woad for dyeing blue with the leaves, you will know that there are an awful lot of seeds produced as well. In...
Sarah MatthessNov 8, 20174 minAcorn DyeingSome years I wouldn't bother with acorns as a dye material because the English Oaks don't always produce much of a crop. This year has...
Sarah MatthessFeb 6, 20171 minLichen DyeingThis is 'Crottle' lichen, gathered in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. An ancient traditional dye, also used in years gone by, in the...
Sarah MatthessMay 20, 20164 minGreen to Dye For - NettlesThe many shades of green in the countryside right now are sometimes breath taking. There are points along our road where I slow the car...
Sarah MatthessOct 2, 20153 minNever Say DyeAutumn is here, Summer is over, Winter is coming...so whilst there are dye plants to be gathered in the lanes, I am into 'squirrel...
Sarah MatthessDec 22, 20141 minArt Yarn - Ivy LeavesThis is what I did with the ivy-leaf dyed wool (see my other post on the dyeing proceedure). This art-yarn also includes wool dyed with...
Sarah MatthessDec 11, 20142 minAutumn Shades Art-YarnI don't want to sound like a stuck record, but the pictures don't do this justice. As I sit here typing this, my back is wet from...
Sarah MatthessDec 4, 20142 minNatural Dyeing - CoreopsisCoreopsis seeds will germinate quite easily. Here they are in my garden mid-September. If you have watched the video, you will recognise...
Sarah MatthessNov 29, 20142 minNatural Dyeing - Kidney BeansThis doesn't exactly qualify as a 'colour of Northern Ireland' although possibly kidney beans could grow here, I don't know. I never grew...
Sarah MatthessNov 28, 20141 minNatural Dyeing - Beech LeavesOut on a walk in Co. Down, during the last week of October I noted that the beech leaves were still really green, although turning Autumn...
Sarah MatthessNov 24, 20142 minNatural Dyeing - HorsetailThat's 'Equisetum' in Latin, and it's a native plant in most parts of the world except for Australia, or so I have read. There are other...
Sarah MatthessNov 20, 20143 minNatural Dyeing - Ivy LeavesA sunless day, although I think the sun was up there somewhere this afternoon. Not that you would actually know that.. but it was sort of...