Dyeing with Acorns

Acorns

Learn how to derive a rich, brown natural fabric dye, using acorns. Add a little iron to get beautiful dusky blackish browns. There are so many color possibilities, and the process couldn't be easier!

Acorns are one of my favorite natural dyes, partly because of the lovely range of shades they can produce.

How To Dye with Acorns

Ingredients

– Acorn – cotton, linen or wool fabric, or yarn – iron solution or iron powder (optional)

I generally use my biggest dye pot, and fill it 2/3 full with acorns – using at least twice the volume of acorns, as the volume of the fabric that I intend to dye.

Put the acorns in your dye pot, and more than cover them with water.

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Dyeing with Acorns