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RE: Fiber Dyeing Project: Homegrown Japanese Indigo

in NeedleWorkMonday3 years ago (edited)

Ohhh pokeberry sound interesting... have to google never heard of this... wait
Edit: ok had a look and have never seen this variety of berries. So lovely to learn something new.
Looking forward to your walnut experiment, because walnuts are found often here, so I have a chance to perhaps try it out too.
And yes, I also used vinegar (forgot to write) which was fun but a bit stinky :-DD I dyed yarn with it and it was absolutely addictive.

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I am forever pulling pokeweed plants from my garden! Dolly Parton used the poinonous berries as makeup when she was young and poor.

Supposedly you can eat the tender greens but I wouldn't recommend it. Birds LOVE pokeweed!

That's awesome @notconvinced!! I still am not going to eat it. :-) But that's an great essay. Thank you for sharing.