Blade fra rejnfan - tanacetum vulgare

200 g. uld bejdset i alun/vinsten blev sat over ilden med ca. 800 gram findelte rejnfan-blade.

Sjovt hvordan duften af rejnfan altid for mig til at drømme om sommer og sol;)

Jeg har læst, at den gule farve fra rejnfan kan blive grøn ved ph 5, så det prøvede jeg. Jeg er ikke sikker på resultatet. Når jeg holder garnbundtet op mod noget, der er grønt, ser det gult ud, og når jeg holder det op mod noget gult, er det nærmest grønt. Det hedder vist lime?

Lime...

Rejnfan - Tansy

 Tansy leaves - tanacetum vulgare

200 grams of Alum/CoT premordanted wool in the bath along with 800 grams of finely chopped tansy leaves should give me a nice yellow-green color.

I love the smell of tansy – even the leaves have that characteristic smell of summer.

I left it in the bath for an hour or so and let it cool overnight.

The next day, I tried to adjust the color with potash – in order to obtain a ph 5 or so, because I read somewhere, it should turn the yellow color of tansy leaves into green…

Result? – well, if I put the yarn up to some green color, it seems yellow – and if I match the yarn with a yellow item, it seems green… maybe it’s what they call lime?