This time, belatedly, yes, another natural dye post.
I had in my possession some Japanese indigo seeds, persicariia tinctoria. They look loike another persicaria that I have met on my travels looking at plants. These made pretty little plants. I grew them in pots. I used them for dye before flowering (not recommended) because leaves were going brown here in the Georgia heat. The leaves had blue bruises so I thought it was time. I collected just leaves.
I used an internet recipe which I can't locate but there are a number out there...I chopped it up in the blender and added ice in a bucket. Salt was involved. I had my usual several small skeins of handspun wool and handspun mohair. It was a cold business...
There was a lot of rinsing to do with the little plant bits...
I'm sure that there are people who can replicate colors from photos online, Pas moi. However these are lovely celadony blue-greens.
I moved the plants to the ground afterwards. Word to the wise: the deer really like them.
