This was the second session at Ditchling Museum with Jenny Dean and today, the dye event was using walnut husks and leaves on a variety of textile materials. People brought in other things to sample dye and we used the modifiers to produce a wider range of colour.
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modifiying the dyed threads
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We also made sample cards with the threads we dyed in last month’s buckthorn workshop
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wool, silk, cotton and linen dyed with walnut husks
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wool, silk, cotton and linen dyed with walnut leaves
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The samples of wool, silk, cotton and linen, dyed with walnut hulls and modified.
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samples dyed with walnut leaves