These indigo leaves look so soft suspended in silk - like a re-cocooning.
I picked the leaves I've been growing for months today...
And ended up with surprise dye results that are largely not the blue colour I expected! This is the same silk from above, after steaming. Maybe the temperature was too high.
And here is some silk velvet and cotton results that do have some slightly blue areas. I tried linen as well and had similar results.
Not what I expected - and - interesting and full of possibility to either stitch or dye further.
I picked the leaves I've been growing for months today...
And ended up with surprise dye results that are largely not the blue colour I expected! This is the same silk from above, after steaming. Maybe the temperature was too high.
And here is some silk velvet and cotton results that do have some slightly blue areas. I tried linen as well and had similar results.
Not what I expected - and - interesting and full of possibility to either stitch or dye further.
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Unexpected, but simply beautiful!
My understanding of indigo is there is a whole lot of fermenting and vats going on to get the blue.
I was told that if I didn't boil the leaves, a pale blue would still result - even without the fermenting. I probably made a mistake steaming the bundles and all my leaves are gone, so I can't try again - even though the results are interesting. But I do have an indigo kit...
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