I’ve followed Rebecca on Instagram for a while and was always intrigued by her use of soy milk as a mordant. I’ve dyed with acid dyes and citric acid before but have been keen to get into natural dying for a long time. What put me off was the use of alum which is no better for the environment than acid dying, or so I’ve read.
This book tells you everything you need to know to just get on with it! From buying produce to dye with to gathering plants from nature, Rebecca has covered it.
The photos are also beautiful and Rebecca provides examples of potential dye colours you can expect from various plants.
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Botanical Colour at your Fingertips Pocketbok – Illustrerad, 1 Oktober 2016
Engelska utgåvan
av
Rebecca Desnos
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Do you love plants? Do you love crafting? Would you like to dye your own fabric, yarn or clothing?Learn the relaxing art of botanical dyeing with natural dyer, Rebecca Desnos. Connect with nature and open your eyes to the colour potential of plants.Discover how to:• produce a wide palette of colours, including pink from avocados, yellow from pomegranates and coral from eucalyptus leaves.• extract dye from just about any plant from the kitchen, garden or wild.• use the ancient method of soya milk mordanting to achieve rich and long-lasting colour on plant fibres, such as cotton and linen.• produce reliable colours that withstand washing and exposure to light.If you enjoy sewing, knitting or any other fibre craft, this is the book for you.
- Längd (tryckt bok)106 sidor
- SpråkEngelska
- Publiceringsdatum1 Oktober 2016
- ISBN-100995556628
- ISBN-13978-0995556621
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- Utgivare : Botanical Colour at your Fingertips; Illustrerad utgåvan (1 Oktober 2016)
- Språk : Engelska
- Pocketbok : 106 sidor
- ISBN-10 : 0995556628
- ISBN-13 : 978-0995556621
- Rangordning för bästsäljare: #7,404 i Böcker (Visa Topp 100 i Böcker)
- #2 i Blombotanik
- #2 i Tygfärgningshantverk
- #22 i Handarbete
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Beautiful!
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If you buy only one book on natural dyeing, don't let it be this one.
Recenserad i Storbritannien den 12 september 2022
I was a bit reluctant to write this because I can see it's self published but I wonder if an editor would have helped weed out inaccuracies, untruths and bad writing.
For example 'aluminium is in fact a toxin to the human body'. This is about potassium aluminium sulfate which is a salt, and a different as sodium is to sodium chloride (table salt). That 'aluminium is in fact a toxin to the human body' may in itself be misinformation from the internet anyway, but either way didn't stop Densnos telling us to use an aluminium pot to help the dyeing process (which I suspect is more bad chemistry). Another example - I personally would not count three weeks on a north facing wall as a fair lightfast test.
Most sources seem to say soya milk isn't a mordant although I do accept this is debatable. Notably raw soya bean milk is not 'food grade' as implied and can cause stomach upsets if ingested, although you probably wouldn't and don't need to be told not to. I also found the safety 'instructions' patronising and probably only needed to be informed that the author was vegan just the one time.
Apologies if this is a bit ranty but I do feel if people are to publish books they should at least do some careful and extensive research first. In my opinion there are other books that are more worth the money in terms of quality of information and attention put into them (for example Natural Dyes by Judy Hardman (Author), Sally Pinhey (Author) has lovely watercolour illustrations of the plants as well as swatches.)
I have given this one star because the photos are nice. (But mainly because it's mandatory!)
For example 'aluminium is in fact a toxin to the human body'. This is about potassium aluminium sulfate which is a salt, and a different as sodium is to sodium chloride (table salt). That 'aluminium is in fact a toxin to the human body' may in itself be misinformation from the internet anyway, but either way didn't stop Densnos telling us to use an aluminium pot to help the dyeing process (which I suspect is more bad chemistry). Another example - I personally would not count three weeks on a north facing wall as a fair lightfast test.
Most sources seem to say soya milk isn't a mordant although I do accept this is debatable. Notably raw soya bean milk is not 'food grade' as implied and can cause stomach upsets if ingested, although you probably wouldn't and don't need to be told not to. I also found the safety 'instructions' patronising and probably only needed to be informed that the author was vegan just the one time.
Apologies if this is a bit ranty but I do feel if people are to publish books they should at least do some careful and extensive research first. In my opinion there are other books that are more worth the money in terms of quality of information and attention put into them (for example Natural Dyes by Judy Hardman (Author), Sally Pinhey (Author) has lovely watercolour illustrations of the plants as well as swatches.)
I have given this one star because the photos are nice. (But mainly because it's mandatory!)

Kate Hall
5,0 av 5 stjärnor
Great for UK based dyers
Recenserad i Storbritannien den 23 maj 2019
In my opinion this is the best book on the market for UK dyers. It is thorough without being too technical, uses plants we know and recognise and the fact that the author uses soy milk to mordant makes it super user friendly.

Anna Nowicki
5,0 av 5 stjärnor
Tiny - but brilliant
Recenserad i Storbritannien den 28 april 2019
The book arrived today and instantly I was disappointed - it’s so small ! A5 in size and only 100 pages for £16 !
BUT ... it’s brilliant !
The information is beautifully set out, well illustrated and very inspirational ! I’ve signed up for Rebecca’s email updates and am following her work on instragram !
BUT ... it’s brilliant !
The information is beautifully set out, well illustrated and very inspirational ! I’ve signed up for Rebecca’s email updates and am following her work on instragram !

Amazon Customer
5,0 av 5 stjärnor
Simple and easy to understand
Recenserad i Storbritannien den 12 november 2020
Absolutely beautiful book!!! Written in a simple straightforward easy to understand format. What I particularly liked was it was written for the uk. The plants and vegetables used for dying were familiar and easily accessible.
A perfect introduction to home dying with the nature we find around us.
A perfect introduction to home dying with the nature we find around us.