The Complete Guide to Natural Dyeing

Create a rainbow of natural dyes using flowers, leaves, bark, roots,"or insects. The Complete Guide to Natural Dyeing shows you how to to create stunning colors and designs on yarn and fabric. This comprehensive guide explains how to collect and preserve natural dyes, how to prepare your fabric or yarn for the dye bath, how to mix dye solutions, and how to create beautiful dye resist designs. There is also a glossary of different types of natural dyes with instructions to prepare each dye and examples of the possible colors with a range of mordants.