Lichen Dyeing

Wasn't as successful as it was promising to be.  The lichen was in a jar of ammonia for three months, it turned a very rich dark brown colour.  I mordanted the linen, ric rac and yarn in alum.  The dye pot was a very nice brown, not as dark as the jar, but nice.  I didn't like the idea of boiling ammonia in the house, so I chose to do a cold dye bath.  Once washing everything, there was very little colour uptake.    The linen, ric rac and the yarn on the left are a very nice pink/grey colour, the yarn on the right coloured a little but it is patchy and not pretty, it will go in another dye pot.