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Water Dancer | Ta-Nehisi Coates

Spent today #audiodyeing with a vat of indigo. More photos tomorrow.

Tanisha_A Indigooooo! 🔵 5y

erzascarletbookgasm Nice! 5y

Lindy @Tanisha_A Yep! 5y

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Lindy @erzascarletbookgasm Thanks! 5y

Cathythoughts Pretty 💙 5y

saresmoore I love this! 5y

Lindy @Cathythoughts 😘 5y

Lindy @saresmoore Thanks! Making an indigo vat intimidated me, but I‘m glad I decided to try it because the results are satisfying. I started at 10 am yesterday and wasn‘t finished until 8:30, with only a couple of short breaks to eat. Listened to a big chunk of

The Water Dancer: A Novel

saresmoore My goodness, that‘s some dedication! I‘m still tempted to try it for myself. 5y

Lindy @saresmoore I‘m going to heat up the vat again today to do a little more. I already have two handkerchiefs, 12 napkins and a two-metre length of muslin... but the blue is so pretty I want more. 5y

ReadingEnvy Oh I love real indigo! 5y

Lindy @ReadingEnvy I gave some of my dyed handiwork away as Christmas gifts. 😊 5y

ReadingEnvy @Lindy lovely...I've purchased a few tea towels around here dyed in indigo because of course that was one of the traditional plantation crops in SC 5y

Lindy @ReadingEnvy 💙 5y

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Lindy

Fleishman Is in Trouble: A Novel | Taffy Brodesser-Akner

On to a new audiobook, still playing with natural dyes. #audiodyeing

quietlycuriouskate Hope we get to see the "after" pic too! 5y

Lindy @kathedron I will tag you. The new dye (made from motherwort leaves) isn‘t very impressive, so I‘m still experimenting. 5y

Tanisha_A Ooh! Which colour? 5y

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Lindy

City of Girls | Elizabeth Gilbert

I‘m #audiodyeing with a new #audiobook today. Elecampane flowers have yielded a lovely yellow colour. Some of these pieces I plan to overdye with indigo later, to get a green colour.

Tanisha_A, Cathythoughts

Crazeedi You do beautiful work, and I live that you're using wildflowers for dying! 5y

Lindy @Crazeedi Thanks. ☺️ My garden offers lots of possibilities for dye colour, now that I am looking at it in a new way. 5y

Ms.Story Wow! I'd love to try this with my wee ones! 5y

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Christine Love that color! 💛 5y

Lindy @Ms.Story A good guide for safe dyeing with children:

A Garden to Dye For: How to Use Plants from the Garden to Create Natural Colors for Fabrics and Fibers

Lindy @Christine I used a 1:1 ratio of elecampane flower petals to weight of fabric to get this intense colour. The fabric was first scoured, then treated with tannin, then an alum mordant. 5y

Ms.Story @Lindy thanks for the recommendation!! 5y

Lindy @Ms.Story 😇 5y

Christine Wow! Quite the process, and such beautiful results. 5y

Tanisha_A Sooooo beautiful. Love this shade of yellow. And I am much more excited about Indigo, that's one of my favourite colours/prints. 5y

Lindy @Tanisha_A The dyeing adventure continues … 😊 5y

Lindy @Christine Thanks! 5y

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Patron Saints of Nothing | Randy Ribay

#audiodyeing - prepped elecampane flowers today to make yellow dye.

ReadingEnvy Did you see this book was longlisted for the USA national book award for ya? 5y

Cathythoughts To make yellow dye!! 😮 wow 5y

Lindy @ReadingEnvy No, I didn‘t. It‘s worthy. I‘m still digesting its impact. 5y

Lindy @Cathythoughts I will tag you when I post a photo of the results. Initial test looks promising for a nice colour. 😊 5y

Tanisha_A Waitinggg to see it come out. ☺️ 5y

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Agnes and the Hitman | Jennifer Crusie, Bob Mayer

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Funny book! Really relaxing to listen to as an #audiobook.

I did some #audiodyeing, followed by #audiocleaning - I tried to not make a mess. The fabric is supposed to be just where it is right now, to keep the sun out in the morning.

#BFC @wanderinglynn - dip-dyeing and cleaning made up 2k steps. Not bad. 😉

wanderinglynn Way to go! 🙌🏻 And cool dyeing! 5y

Crazeedi Nice job, I did dying years ago when I was first married, its fun 5y

rockpools Nice! 5y

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