Solfarvning -- Sun Dyeing

     I flere år har jeg forsøgt mig med solfarvning. Uden stort held. Her er en sammenligning; to bundter garn farvet med vild kørvel, det til venstre fik 30 minutter ved 80 grader i den vidunderlige gryde. Det til højre har stået 14 dage i domen, det kan vist ikke kaldes en succes.

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  For some years now I have been experimenting with solar dyeing. Without any luck. My latest try can serve as an illustration: The bundle to the left was put in the wonderful pot and boiled for half an hour at 80 degrees. The one to the left has stood in a jar for 14 days in my greenhouse.
  Both skeins alum mordanted and dyed - or not - with Cow parsley. 

     Ansporet af et opslag i vores platefarvergruppe rullede jeg de afkogte planterester og en håndfuld friske ind i det sol'farvede' garn. Så fik der 30 minutter i den vidunderlige gryde. Bundterne har byttet plads, men det er vist også alt, der er sket. Jeg må plukke mere vild kørvel i morgen, og måske nogle regnfanblade. Heldigvis kan det stadig overfarves igen.

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  I read a post in a plant dyeing group and made an experiment. All the old plant matters and a handful of fresh leaves were placed on the yarn, which was rolled into a bundle and put in the wonderful pot for half an hour. Well the bundles have changed places, and that's all what happened.
  Tomorrow I'll go hunting some more plants and try again.