We planted Coreopsis, Cosmos, Zinnia, Marigolds, Dahlias and Tansy. It was huge success. I call it my Urban Beautification Project. It was a real joy to be out picking flowers and have neighbors walk by and stop and admire. It was fun trying to explain to them what the flowers were for.
Commercial colors are almost too perfect.
Light plays off the colors with an energy that only comes from nature. Of course natural dyes are just one more element that brings one closer to Mother Earth. Here is just a small sampling of the colors available with natural dyes. I now knit exclusively with naturally dyed yarn in all of my designs. I have started to share all this information that I have been learning about using natural dyes.