This jar of lavender was from our very first lavender bush in our very first garden when we were living in Canberra. Not really sure why I put the flowers in a jar, or why it has come with us all these years, from one home to the next. So while I was waiting for the printer to do its thing the other day, I was looking at the jar and wondering what colour I would get. So in an effort to declutter, or just make different clutter, I made a dye pot of lavender flowers. The cotton ric rac and the piece of linen did not take up much colour at all, bit of a subtle pink. The yarn on the other hand soaked it all up (wasn't the first thing in the pot either) and is a lovely brown shade. I used citric acid for the mordant.
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