Stirring the wool in the madder vat.
Adding weld solution to the dye vat.
Rinsing the dyed wool.
Measuring weld extract.
Madder Dye Vat.
Measuring madder extract.
The weld-indigo wool.
Adding the indigo solution to the vat.
EMPP Team Member Joanna working with a participant.
Adding wool to the weld vat.
Drip-drying.
Indigo-dyed Parchment and Wool.
Wool soaking as part of the scouring process.
Mixing the solutions.
Hanging in the Greenhouse.
Hanging in the Greenhouse.
Indigo!
PH Sticks after testing to make sure levels were accurate.
Participants at the garden plot.
Drip-drying.
Weld-dyed wool fresh from the vat.
Indigo-dyed yarn a few seconds out of the vat.
Putting wool into the weld vat.
Combining all of the ingredients.
One of our lighter samples.
The colours of the indigo-dyed wool as it is exposed to air over time.
Shades of Madder.
Mordanted wool dyed indigo waiting to go into the madder and weld vats.
Rinsing the dyed wool.
Weld-dyed wool hanging in the Greenhouse.
Madder and Weld.
Drying parchment.
Shades of Dark Blue.
Indigo-dyed wool.
Soda Ash, Spectralite, and the Indigo!
Indigo just out of the dye vat.
With thanks to the Festival of Creative Learning, ECA Textiles, our volunteers, and our participants.
