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Grace, thank you for posting Ulrika’s information. In 2012, I devoted the entire year to finding what natural dye resources I had within a 5 mile radius (as the crow flies)of my home. It was to refresh my memory of what I had touched on back in the 1970-80’s but what a surprise was in store for me ! Of the 14 plants I settled on to study (out of about 60ish) ten of them grew in the run-off ditch across the road from the house…the project resulted in over 100 shades of wonderful subtle colors. They were nature’s gifts of “country weeds” and I’m amazed every time I look at them…what a bountiful gift I’ve been given. Ulrika’s post is a good reminder that I didn’t need all those colors “just because they were there” but should make wise choices….thanks to the two of you.
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i love reading this. “of the 14 plants i settled on to study…”
i love that you settled. to
study them….
and someday, when you are ready, i’d love to read that whole story
from start to now…all the details….it would be beautiful.
and again:
“Collectively, Americans discard two quadrillion pounds of used clothing and textiles into the landfills each year.”
i didn’t mark down the source of this quote, but it was somewhere
on a Wiki How in 2010
Surely, there is something for all our needs out there in the
Thrift Shops, the yard sales. again…it’s about time. faster to
order on line. but what else might be found on a browse for cloth?, beside the cloth itself????
and i know you are initially about WOOL. so i will leave that to
you. and i look forward to your thoughts….
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I read this several days ago and it is still burning within me. Start in your own backyard…
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ah yes, i linked to this and shared it on facebook too. great.
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thanks for the link
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Thanks
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and your local Thrift shop
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it is Great, isn’t it.
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yes…thanks to Ulrika
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The article from Ulrika is fascinating..read and will read again. And Judith’s notes on gathering selectively close to home for the making of dyes, such great information. I am putting together small bits of dye stuff for over-dyeing natural fiber cloths being kept in my process;Currently doing a massive “sort through and release” of much gathered over three generations of sewers, knitters and weaver in the family; my daughter and I are specifically donating items to folks who can use and will use and to a small wonderful thrift store. Nothing to a land fill…recycling what can be taken there…and she is selling what fits that possibility and doing well with that…and I am getting the huge benefit of a more zen space with room to breathe. Rethinking patterns that resulted in having way too much…making shifts in thinking and in actions.
Thanks for putting out the information that stirred the “thinking pot” and opened up this important discussion.LikeLike
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would like to try natural dyeing, …someday, but i am right with you on thrift stores (charity shops in the uk). i have been buying from these almost exclusively since i was a teenager and still have some things i bought back then! i only really buy natural fibres because they feel and wash better. i hate waste and the thought of stuff going to landfill too, so recycle everything possible.
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