>I wanted to overdye some yarn, thought I would get a yellower tone, made the> *tea* very strong, using lots of onion skins and very little yarn for a test.
What was the color of the yarn to start with? You said you over dyed? I have been saving onion skins for quite a while, much to my dh's dismay, lol. Now I have lots of those, and tons of walnuts to play with over the next few weeks. Did you use a mordant for the onion skin dye? Kim www.blessedfarm.com www.Blessedfarm.etsy.com ~ my new fiber shop on line > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2006 13:24:06 +0000> To: [email protected]> Subject: brown dye from onionskins> > Wow! did I ever get a surprise brown (and a very rich one) using onionskins> last week.> > The yarn came out a rich chestnut BROWN, not yellow, not orange, definitely> brown. A beautiful shade. I expect I'd need pounds of it to dye any useful> amount of yarn, but what a surprise!> > Susan in Maine> http://www.goosepond.com/fiber> Unlimited Internet Access with 1GB of Email Storage.> Visit http://www.juno.com/value to sign up today!> > To stop mail temporarily mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> with the message: set nomail To restore send: set mail To stop mail temporarily mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: set nomail To restore send: set mail
