COLOR CHART KIT /from plant to yarn

This is our kit, based on our dyeing method, to start sampling the flora around you. It caters to beginners but can be a useful and practical tool also for experienced dyers willing to learn a new way of sampling.

Natural colors are alive and can change a lot during the season, even if they come from the same plant, small differences in the environment can make a huge difference in the final result. There is no printed recipe that will achieve exactly the color shown in the picture of the dyeing book you’re reading!

That’s why you must develop your own palette from your own direct experience and observation of the seasonal flora and discarded materials you have on hand. Before designing a new knitted project you need to have a color chart to select the color you like, a starting point where you have taken note of al the information and processes, and kept a sample of the many colors on different fibers.

This kit is that starting point. It will help you providing a complete set of pre-weighted products to wash, mordant and dye three skeins (indigenous italian wool, cruelty free silk and organic cotton), two ph modifiers to tone your dyed yarn, a tool to simplify the skein making and some cards to start archiving your samples.

The whole process will be explained in a link containing all the instructions.

One box contains the necessary to sample 10 botanical colors in 3 different fibers (30 mini-skeins in total) .

In detail:

1 SKEIN OF INDIGENOUS ITALIAN WOOL 10g

1 SKEIN OF CRUELTY FREE SILK 10g

1 SKEIN OF ORGANIC COTTON 10g

PRE-WEIGHTED MATERIALS:

ALUM 4g

CREAM OF TARTAR 1,5g

ALLUMINIUM ACETATE 1g

TANNIN EXTRACT (OAK GALL OR MYROBALAN) 1g

SODA ASH 1g

CITRIC ACID 1g

BAKING SODA 1g

SEASONAL DYEING MATERIALS

1 SKEIN MAKING CARD

3 ARCHIVE CARDS

BONUS: A SURPRISE PAKAGE CONTAINING SEEDS OF DYEING PLANTS OF OUR GARDEN, to spread the magic of botanical dyeing!