PlantDyes

So far I have plant dyed this summer for example these AAW (50% our own ethic produced arctic angora wool, 40% ethic produced FinnSheep wool, 10% nylon) (100g = 238m) and OOW yarns (25% arctic dog wool and 75% Finnsheep wool).

From left to right

1. Yellow AAW (Birch leaves - Betula)

2. Coral AAW (Cinnamon Webcap - Cortinarius cinnamomeus)

3. Lavender AAW (the mystery one 😊)

4. Light beige (Fire Sponge - Phellinus igniarius)

5. Brown OOW (Alder Cones - Alnus)

The shades are beautiful and I already have something in my mind for them. Many many projects. In this pic you can see how they appear compared to white. But photographing the shades is so much up to the light and everything so you hardly never get the exact shade if being a hobbyist in photographing like me. 

I have plant dyed also by mushrooms. I used toxic Surprise Webcap (Cortinarius semisanguineus). Also this is one of my experiments for my upcoming book. I frozen and kept in the freezer for over the winter. Especially the caps remain well their ability to give red shades. The foot begins to give more brown than yellow after spending months in the freezer. These are OOW yarns.