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Fresh Indigo Dyeing with Salt

October 13, 2021 by admin

I grew a lot of Japanese indigo this year and am trying different processing methods. Fir small projects this salt method works well.

I used sea salt but any type works.

Fresh leaves

Rub the leaves and salt together until juice starts to flow. This will lightly stain your hands!

This is silk embroidery thread freshly dyed. It’s green to start. Rinse well or the dye can bleed on your project.

As the thread dries it turns blue. Animal fibers dye better than plant.

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