After a long hiatus, I am updating the website. With COVID, the vendor shows have gone online, and so have my products. I am slowly getting everything loaded and working on new products. You can view them here. I am still figuring out this new e-commerce thing so products aren’t as organized as I would like. If there is something you are can’t find, just let me know.
Sheltering in place orders have returned me to my garden and as a result I am not only growing things to dye with but dyeing with these things. The first is hollyhocks. What fun! And an adventure. My new plants won’t produce until next year, so I got some from my friend Robin Lynde at Meridian Jacobs. Nigra is the variety that produces shades of green and pink. The flower is almost jet black.
With my love for Hollyhocks, I planted other varieties and colors, but they are too light in color to provide much color for dyeing. But I love them and next summer I am sure between the seeds they drop and the number I have planted I will find my yard overgrown with hollyhocks.
Once I got the Nigra hollyhocks from Robin, I went to work.
Next: Hibiscus. Stay tuned.