Dye Wool With Foraged Plants

bring local colour into your knitting & crochet projects

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Join me for a stroll…

You’ll discover the magic of transforming nature’s gifts into cosy, vibrant creations...

Gather a basketful of herbs, leaves or wild flowers – each one with unique colour potential waiting to be unlocked.

Infuse your yarn with your local, seasonal dyes. Then knit, crochet or weave these wild colours into your creations, capturing the essence of the natural world in every stitch.

DO you yearn to –

  • Weave a story of eco-conscious creativity into your knitting, crochet or weavings?
  • Deepen your connection to your craft projects by sourcing wild dye plants from near your home?
  • Discover the hidden gifts of everyday plants (spoiler: you will be very surprised)

If you nodded along to any of those, then I suspect you’ll like this...

Introducing...

Dye Wool With Foraged Plants

Dye wool yarn in a beautiful palette of local colours using leaves, flowers & tree cones that grow on your doorstep.

No matter where you live in the world, my tried and tested recipes will guide you to create vibrant, unique hues.

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Lovely words from students about rebecca’s other dye courses...

“Rebecca’s step-by-step teaching is easy to follow, and I always enjoy learning something new from her.”

– DESIREE Bell

“Brilliant resource and lots of encouragement in the private community. Really glad I joined.”

– Lesley

Can you make a cup of tea?

Then you can dye with plants. It really doesn’t have to be much more complicated than that.

I have so many secrets to share with you, so you can avoid the overwhelm and get great results.

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What you’ll learn

Dye wool with local plants

  • How to get started foraging for local dyes; types of plants to look for.
  • Follow the recipes for flowers, leaves and tree cones.
  • Easily adapt the recipes to other wild and even homegrown plants.
  • Prepare your yarn before dyeing (mordanting), to ensure the dyes last after washing. Use a recipe for alum.
  • Bonus recipe: mordanting wool with rhubarb leaves.

Dye with foraged leaves

  • Gather local leaves for your dye pot (tips for plants to look for).
  • The video shows the recipe with nettles, but the beauty of natural dyeing is that it can be easily adapted to other local plants and herbs.
  • Make the most concentrated colour from your leaves, without burning the dye.
  • Dip your dyed yarn into iron/rust water to darken the colour.

Dye with flowers

  • The video class shows the dyeing process for goldenrod flowers.
  • Gather wild or homegrown blooms, e.g. gorse, marigolds, cosmos, coreopsis, butterfly bush.
  • Create the brightest dye colours from your flowers without overheating and turning the dye brown.
  • Dip your dyed yarn into iron/rust water to shift the yellow colour to green.

Dye with tree cones

  • The video shows the dyeing process for alder cones and redwood cones.
  • Use the recipe with other plants such as pinecones, acorns and gallnuts/oak galls.
  • The method works with any tannin rich plants.
  • Dip your dyed yarn into iron/rust water to darken the colours.
Just imagine...

You gather a basketful of goldenrod or gorse flowers, then return home and make a pot of vibrant dye.

I’ll show you how to extract dyes from your local plants, so you can create colours through the seasons.

“Going to the woods is going home.”

– John Muir

dye with your local plants

Everything you need to know to confidently dye wool yarn with wild plants:

  • 7 videos, divided into bitesize chunks. 90 minutes in total. Very clear and concise.
  • Subtitles in English, French, German, Spanish and Italian.
  • Detailed written notes and recipes to accompany every video.
  • Access to a private Facebook group where you can ask Rebecca questions and receive additional support. Plus make friends with other natural dyers from around the world and chat about your projects!
  • Ongoing access to the videos and lesson notes. Log into the website at any point to access the course materials.
(re)connect with nature

Sourcing colour from your surroundings will help you see the world through new eyes...

Explore your local colour...

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£47

  • 90 minutes of bite-size videos.
  • Written dye recipes that you can easily refer to.
  • Access to a private Facebook group for support & guidance.
  • Lifetime access to the videos and lessons. Log into your account to view the classes at any point.
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Meet your instructor

Hi, I’m Rebecca!

Over the last decade, I’ve taught thousands of people natural dyeing via my books and online courses.

Years ago, I started off dyeing with powdered dye extracts that I bought online. Although these were beautiful, I longed to feel more of a connection to my local environment.

Then, everything changed when I became a mother. I’d go on long walks with my baby and return with my pockets stuffed full of plants. Alder cones and dandelions were some of the first local dyes I tried.

Then, as my son got older, he would help me forage for plants too. Together, we learnt about the different trees and “weeds” growing around us. A lot of sweet memories were captured on cloth.

I realised that I didn’t need to spend money on dyes, as I had an array of beautiful dye plants right on my doorstep.

Ever since then, I’ve been on a journey of discovery in search of new colours from my local plants. There’s always something new to discover from nature.

Join me in my studio where I share my dyeing secrets and inspire you to unlock the colour from the plants around you.

I want to join you, Rebecca!

Enrol for £47, with lifetime access

Frequently Asked Questions

After you’ve placed your order, you’ll be asked to create an account and choose a password. Then you can log in to your account on any device or computer to access the content. You’ll be able to watch the videos and read the course notes at any point.

You’ll have lifetime access, so you’ll be able to watch the videos and access the other course materials for as long as they are available on the internet, which will be many years.

The video on dyeing with tree cones is in my membership (get access for a monthly cost).

Or you can get lifetime access right now in Dye Wool With Foraged Plants for a one-off payment.

The extra videos in this course include:

  • Mordant wool with rhubarb leaves.
  • Dye with goldenrod flowers.
  • Dye with nettles.

Yes, of course! After enrolling into the course, you’ll have access to my private Facebook group where you can post any questions and I’ll help you.

You’ll need: a heat source, a metal pot (ideally with a lid), a spoon for stirring, a sieve, a muslin cloth for straining and a large bowl, and rubber gloves.

To prepare your wool before dyeing, you can either use alum or rhubarb leaves.

The recipes in this course are specifically geared towards dyeing wool. There are very very particular methods for mordanting and dyeing wool.

I have another course that’s dedicated to dyeing cellulose fibres. Those videos demonstrate with fabric, but you can use the same recipes for cellulose yarn too.

If you’re multipassionate and want to know everything, then I suspect you’ll love this bundle of two foraged dye courses. Learn to dye fabric and yarn with local, foraged plants.

This course is for you if:

  • You’d like to create gorgeous natural colours on wool yarn to use in knitting, crochet, weaving or other projects.
  • You’re ready to embrace the beautiful imperfections in nature.
  • You’re looking to bring more moments of mindfulness into your life

This course is NOT for you if:

  • You’d like to dye perfectly repeatable colours.
  • You’re not interested in foraging local plants and experimenting with their colour potential.
  • You’d like to dye blue.
Are you ready to join me and begin natural dyeing?
Let’s do this together!

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