Plant dyeing

Natural Dyeing Tutorial. Learn how to use red cabbage to obtain beautiful purples, greens and blues with organic cotton yarn.

One of my favourite plants to dye with in the spring is the stinging nettle – it’s one of the plants I most look forward to. The leaves give me a soft grey-green hue at this time of year (maybe you get a slightly different colour?) – the colour just feels so fresh and “alive”...

Plant Dye Journal — Lori Seidemann

This post is an overview of natural dye plants and the color spectrum you can achieve. If you are interested in specific dye plants or colorways, you can explore each topic in more detailed blog posts which are linked below. This is not a complete list by any means. Rather, it contains all the natural dye plants I have used so far and I will gradually add to it in the future. Hopefully you find this post useful as a reference list.

NATURAL DYEING | REBECCA DESNOS on Instagram: "Flower hammering is so addictive 🤩🌸🌿 This method is in my book called Plant Dye Zine. ✍🏽 Comment the word “ZINE” to get a link to find out more about my book. The tutorial in Plant Dye Zine was generously written by the incredible @samorn_sanixay. There are bonus steps for treating the fabric after hammering to help the prints last the longest. I used flowers and leaves from my dye garden, but it works with many other plants, e.g. herbs…

Learn what to use to naturally dye fibers, fabrics and yarns with this list of natural dye yielding plants. Flowers, leaves, barks, roots, bugs and kitchen scraps that make beautiful colors. Dye material options, tutorials and information to get started with your natural dyeing adventures.