Left a piece of cotton/linen fabric in a dye-pot of liquid from some boiled up black beans. This was the fabric when I first pulled it out the pot. A lovely purple, with blue blotches.
A close-up of the dyed fabric.
Rinsed and ironed the purple has come out, leaving a pale blue, akin to the colour of fabric I've dyed with woad. I like the mottled look of it though. I think that's some remnant of the mould that was taking over the dye-pot!
Now I remember why I bought a packet of black beans. I like the blue mottled look it looks like a map. islands in the sea.
ReplyDeletesomething happens when washing the fabric with soap, mauve goes blue; I'm not even sure you could keep the purple if you didn't use soap; what did you use for mordant?
ReplyDeleteMordant was urine (!) then just rinsed out in water. I'm happy with it as it is; yeah it has a look of sea, or sky? Now to do something with it!
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