Weld from start to finish:Adventures in the dye garden

Join us in this Adventures in the Dye Garden where we introduce you to one of the workhorse plants of the dye garden: Weld. We take you through the process from planting seeds to dyeing yarn.

Weld (Reseda luteola): Also known as dyer’s rocket or dyer’s weed, this biennial native of Europe and Western Asia has been used since at least 1,000 BC to color textiles a clear, bright, sunshiney yellow. We use this dye material all the time, to make not only yellows, but a variety of greens as well.

Growing weld is easy (perhaps too easy as it is considered an invasive plant!), but takes a while to mature for its full dye potential. In this video, we take you through an 18-month process in 12 minutes.

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