The Woolpatch's video: Isatis Tinctoria - Woad Fresh Leaf Extraction 1st Attempt

Isatis Tinctoria - Woad Fresh Leaf Extraction 1st Attempt It's time to cut my Woad and extract the blue pigment from the fresh leaves and dye some yarn! This is my first attempt at fresh leaf Indigo (using woad) extraction! 🍃The Method: This technique is called Fresh Leaf Indigo Extraction. It can be done in many different ways and I have read numerous methods from many people in the know over the last 50 odd years. But for my first attempt I decided to follow Helen Melvin's method. You can follow it by buying her fabulous ebook and having a go yourself if you are interested. It's called 'The Colour of the Sea and the Sky - The art of Indigo Dyeing.' https://www.fieryfelts.co.uk/product/the-colour-of-the-sea-and-sky-the-art-of-indigo-dyeing-ebook/ 🍃For the FULL SCIENCE on how the 'blue' appears and why....read from the master who knows it all. http://www.woad-inc.co.uk/dyeing_with_woad.html _______________________________________________________________________________ 🍃I've never done this before, so I thought I'd make a little video to document my journey. I have dyed with woad before, but that's using processed woad. That's where someone has already EXTRACTED the pigment from the plant and made it into a powder, which I have then bought. This time I've grown the woad and will be processing it myself and will dye it straight away and not process it into a powder. From a plant growing in my garden to getting blue wool hopefully within 5 hours will be very exciting! _________________________________________________________________________ The Woolpatch Website https://www.thewoolpatch.com/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/thewoolpatch Instagram https://www.instagram.com/thewoolpatch/ Blog https://baabarasflock.com