October 2018
This month, I've been doing more research, including driving around the lanes of Norfolk checking out wayside plants and laybys! My own garden is quite small and so I have to be very efficient with space. Sadly that means I can't plant things just because I might need them for plant dyes, especially when I'm not sure I'm going to like the colours that are produced, and also I don't know the quantities of plant material I'll need yet. I'm hoping to forage quite a lot of the plants I need and this means hedgerows and countryside grass verges - hence the need for laybys to avoid congestion and potential hazards! I've also been researching how to prep the fabrics I'll be dyeing - the colours I achieved on cotton earlier this year were very muted and so I've been doing my homework on "scouring" the fabrics to ensure it's completely clean of anything that might be hindering taking up the plant colour. Luckily, most of th...