Natural Dyes
by Judy Hardman and Sally Pinhey
'Natural Dyes' describes the use of plants that can be grown in the garden or collected from the countryside. It is lavishly illustrated with accurate and detailed botanical watercolours and samples of the colours the plants produce.
- five different garden designs using dye plants
- step-by-step guide to dyeing wool, silk and cotton
- solar dyeing: how to use the sun as the heat source
- how to dye felt in all its forms
Judy Hardman has been spinning, weaving and dyeing yarns for over thirty years, using wool provided by her own flock of Shetland sheep. She regularly runs workshops and gives talks.
Sally Pinhey teaches botanical illustration at Kingston Maurward College, Dorset, and is an RHS medallist and illustrator of specialist horticultural books.
ISBN 978-1-84797-100-5. Published by the Crowood Press. Available at Amazon.co.uk, all good bookshops and from Judy Hardman at £15.50 including postage in the UK.
Dye Plant Notelets
A set of eight notelets, each showing a different plant which can be used for dyeing yarn. The reverse of each notelet shows the colours produced by the plant using different mordants.
Illustrations by Sally Pinhey, dyed samples by Judy Hardman
Priced at £5 per set of eight notelets including postage in the UK. Available from Judy Hardman
Some of our sheep
Somborne Hella - Fawn Gulmoget ewe
Cluniac Ozark - Black Yuglet ram