Going Green with natural brown dye from black walnuts.

R from shop at nextdoor said...

I was just thinking about walnuts yesterday when I dyed an organic tee shirt a warm shade of brown, alas with a chemical dye. I thought how nice it would be to have a bucket of green walnut hulls to mix up a batch of nature's dye and have a truly organic tee shirt. Perhaps this fall when you visit we can do that. I have a great source for walnuts, well at least for the hulls.


Clara - So I looked it up on a great website http://www.ehow.com/ from which I  edited this version.

"Go green by making homemade dyes for your crafts like tie-dyed t-shirts, jewelry, and purses? With everyone going green and being earth friendly, wouldn't it be neat to make homemade dyes from the plants around you?






How to make natural brown dye from black walnuts 


Things You'll Need:
•Black walnuts in husks
•Large kettle or pot
•Boiling water
•Rubber gloves


Fill a large pot with two gallons of water and heat it.  Add twenty or more of the black walnuts still in husk to the boiling water and remove from the heat.


Allow the nuts to steep in the water overnight. Put rubber gloves on to remove the nuts from the cool water or your hands might be stained brown.


Save your dye in canning jars for future projects eg a tie-died shirt and save the extra in canning jars for future projects. ps Jars do not need to be sealed."

ps approx - how many cups to a gallon?

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