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