more budleja- coda

on wool, with alum and  cot mordants. i was too lazy to test the water for ph and to get bottled water for dyeing.

it gave me a dirty yellow, but i am quite content after not dyeing for such a long time. i also need to be more scientific and weight the plant matter i just dumped my bounty in a pot with water.

on cotton the color was much more clearer perhaps because i put the scoured yarn in the bucket, no heat and forgot of its existence.to dye cotton it needs to be treated with a tannin and then alum.

michel garcia says to think of of this as friendships:the friends of my friends are also my friends;cotton is friends with tannin, tannin with the mordant and the mordant friends with the dye!

usually tannin gives a beige- browny tone, but i tried liles recommendation to use soda ash instead because it makes alum less acidic.

happy to report that the dye clinged to the cotton just the excess washed off.

i can say i got good colors from budleja and given the abundance of it i am going to keep using it with modifiers to get a variety of colors . 

and i need to test the  ph of the water   ಠ ಠ

neki desu