Uploaded November 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
Our Website: jarbon.com
Julia's Website: hwww.woollenflower.com
TIME SIGNATURES
00:00 - intro
05:30 - Julia talks through her background and how she fell down the dyeing rabbit hole
09:43 - Natural Dyeing colour wheel
13:27 - Dye Plants & Julia's Shades
20:24 - Dyeing with Marigold, Feverfew, Birch Bark and Black Walnut
21:39 - Marigold on our JAT bases
27:30 - Feverfew on our JAT bases
29:12 - Birch Bark on our bases
31:09 - Black Walnut on our bases
34:22 - Two layers of natural dyes
35:50 - How to mordant
39:15 - How to make a dye bath
45:12 - Yarn in a bramble dye bath
46:40 - Modifying a dye bath with iron
52:06 - Adding the iron to the bath
57:16 - How to dye fibre
58:39 - Yellow from plants
1:11:49 - Orange from plants
1:12:31 - Pinks from plants
1:13:09 - Browns and greys from plants
1:15:46 - Dyeing with lichens
1:18:47 - What would you recommend for a first attempt?
1:22:11 - Book recommendations
1:24:43 - Any ways to cut down use of power?
1:25:33 - Do you need to finish in some way?
1:27:48 - Outro
YARNS MENTIONED
Julia's Yarns: woollenflower.com/collections/yarn
BOOKS MENTIONED
Jenny Dean's Wild Colour: jennydean.co.uk/publications
Su Grierson's The Colour Cauldron: goodreads.com/en/book/show/9884210-the-colour-cauldron
Kirsi Niinimäki's Dyes from Nature: waterstones.com/book/dyes-from-nature/riikka-raisanen/anja-primetta/9781909492462
DESIGNERS MENTIONED
Anna Maltz: annamaltz.com
Maddie Harvey: maddieharveydesigns.com
KEEP IN TOUCH
Sign Up for our Newsletter: jarbon.com/newsletter
Instagram: instagram.com/jarbontextiles
Facebook: facebook.com/jarbontextiles
Ravelry: ravelry.com/groups/john-arbon-textiles
Pinterest: pinterest.co.uk/jarbontextiles/_saved
This session was originally recorded as part of our Virtual Mill Open Weekend, 2022. Hope you enjoyed this episode! We would love to know what you’ve been up to recently – and what is on your hooks and needles and bobbins, of course!
Do visit our Eventbrite page if you would like to join us for a future In Conversation With zoom chat. They're always great fun: eventbrite.co.uk/o/john-arbon-textiles-33304793967
Our Website: jarbon.com
Julia's Website: hwww.woollenflower.com
TIME SIGNATURES
00:00 - intro
05:30 - Julia talks through her background and how she fell down the dyeing rabbit hole
09:43 - Natural Dyeing colour wheel
13:27 - Dye Plants & Julia's Shades
20:24 - Dyeing with Marigold, Feverfew, Birch Bark and Black Walnut
21:39 - Marigold on our JAT bases
27:30 - Feverfew on our JAT bases
29:12 - Birch Bark on our bases
31:09 - Black Walnut on our bases
34:22 - Two layers of natural dyes
35:50 - How to mordant
39:15 - How to make a dye bath
45:12 - Yarn in a bramble dye bath
46:40 - Modifying a dye bath with iron
52:06 - Adding the iron to the bath
57:16 - How to dye fibre
58:39 - Yellow from plants
1:11:49 - Orange from plants
1:12:31 - Pinks from plants
1:13:09 - Browns and greys from plants
1:15:46 - Dyeing with lichens
1:18:47 - What would you recommend for a first attempt?
1:22:11 - Book recommendations
1:24:43 - Any ways to cut down use of power?
1:25:33 - Do you need to finish in some way?
1:27:48 - Outro
YARNS MENTIONED
Julia's Yarns: woollenflower.com/collections/yarn
BOOKS MENTIONED
Jenny Dean's Wild Colour: jennydean.co.uk/publications
Su Grierson's The Colour Cauldron: goodreads.com/en/book/show/9884210-the-colour-cauldron
Kirsi Niinimäki's Dyes from Nature: waterstones.com/book/dyes-from-nature/riikka-raisanen/anja-primetta/9781909492462
DESIGNERS MENTIONED
Anna Maltz: annamaltz.com
Maddie Harvey: maddieharveydesigns.com
KEEP IN TOUCH
Sign Up for our Newsletter: jarbon.com/newsletter
Instagram: instagram.com/jarbontextiles
Facebook: facebook.com/jarbontextiles
Ravelry: ravelry.com/groups/john-arbon-textiles
Pinterest: pinterest.co.uk/jarbontextiles/_saved
This session was originally recorded as part of our Virtual Mill Open Weekend, 2022. Hope you enjoyed this episode! We would love to know what you’ve been up to recently – and what is on your hooks and needles and bobbins, of course!
Do visit our Eventbrite page if you would like to join us for a future In Conversation With zoom chat. They're always great fun: eventbrite.co.uk/o/john-arbon-textiles-33304793967
