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Harvesting Color

$24.95
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Botanical Dyeing

Beautiful natural dyes from plants found in the wild or grown in your own backyard. 

As more and more crafters are discovering, dyeing your own fabric can yield gorgeous colors. Now master dyer Rebecca Burgess identifies 36 plants that will yield beautiful natural shades and shows how easy it is to make the dyes. Pokeweed creates a vibrant magenta, while a range of soft lavender shades is created from elderberries; indigo yields a bright blue, and coyote brush creates stunning sunny yellows.

Gathering Color explains where to find these plants in the wild (and for those that can be grown in your backyard, how to nurture them) and the best time and way to harvest them; maps show the range of each plant in the United States and Canada. For the dyeing itself, Burgess describes the simple equipment needed and provides a master dye recipe. The book is organized seasonally; as an added bonus, each section contains a knitting project using wools colored with dyes from plants harvested during that time of the year. With breathtaking color photographs by Paige Green throughout, Gathering Color is an essential guide to this growing field, for crafters and DIYers; for ecologists and botanists; and for artists, textile designers, and art students.


Harvesting Color

$24.95

Parker Avenue

is Detroit's first Black woman owned yarn shop.

It's a vibe

Not your average yarn shop

The music is playing and the needles are working. We carry indie brands, high-end fibers, international brands and everything you need to create.

Established in 2021, owned by Sally Moore.

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