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making homemade dyes
Posted: 18 July 2010 12:22 PM   [ Ignore ]  
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does anybody have any advice on how i can make homemade dyes?  im looking to tye dye some clothes with the dye.  any advice apreciated.

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Posted: 18 July 2010 12:38 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 1 ]  
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Don’t know how you do it, but we are collecting oak galls at the moment, as they are a good source of natural dye.

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Posted: 18 July 2010 06:18 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 2 ]  
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Assuming you mean making your own natural dyes from things, this site will tell you what you need to know, simply put too. I’ve been recommending this sit to people for years - it’ s really good for letting you know what colour you will get from what i nature.

http://www.pioneerthinking.com/naturaldyes.html


have fun!

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