A skein of hand spun yarn lying on a silk scarf. Both the skein and scarf have been bundle dyed together using dyer’s chamomile and Saxon blue to give vivid shades of yellow, blue and green. The original white of both scarf and skein shows through in places.

A skein of hand spun yarn lying on a silk scarf. Both the skein and scarf have been bundle dyed together using dyer’s chamomile, sulphur cosmos and cochineal to give vivid shades of yellow, orange and red. The original white of both scarf and skein shows through in places.

A skein of hand spun yarn lying on a silk scarf. Both the skein and scarf have been bundle dyed together using dyer’s chamomile, sulphur cosmos and walnut hulls to give autumnal shades of yellow, orange and brown. The original white of both scarf and skein shows through in places.

A skein of hand spun yarn lying on a silk scarf. Both the skein and scarf have been bundle dyed together using logwood chips, cochineal and Saxon blue to give strong shades of purple, red and blue. The original white of both scarf and skein shows through in places.

I’ve been experimenting with bundle dyeing using natural dyes just recently. These are the four main colour ways I have come up with so far and, whilst I like them all, I think the autumnal browns and orange are my favourite. Which is yours?
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