Joyce, I want to begin by apologizing for taking so long to get back to you. I've been really busy turning spindles, collecting acorns and helping my buddy rearrange his shop. And thank you for the offer, I'd love to take you up on the Queen Anne's Lace, Golderrod, Spruce cones and Elderberries. And there is really no time constraint. My first show this fall is Garden State Sheep and Fiber and is ten days off. With the preparation and all, I probably won't have the new dyes ready until mid-winter anyway so when the walnuts are good and ready, I will be too.
And yes, I'm interested in any and all natural dyes and information about them. I'm more familiar with using wood based dyes like Padauk, Bloodwood, Osage Orange, Black Locust, Red River Gum, and things like that. So, anything you want to send my way so long as you promise to tell me a little about them and would be willing to answer one or two questions, would be greatly appreciated.
And believe it or not I may have found a source or both red and yellow onion skins. they wanted to know if I wanted 20 pound barrels of the stuff. I told than a pound or two, at least for a start, would be more than plenty. Once I get it all I have to do is make certain that the skins are dry, pulverize them into a powder, make up a couple of test batches (I use the alcohol tincture method rather than boiling) and see what I get.
And Joyce, where are you in SE Ohio? I was at a fiber show in Waynesburg, PA a couple of months ago and that can't be all that far since I was in spitting distance of Morgantown, WV. and since then I was upstate, in Willoughby, for Wool Fest.
Charles Arnold
Hearthwise
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