Hi, Everybody The List is quiet. I hope that means you are all busy dyeing with your fabulous harvest of woad leaves. I had a look at our woad experimental...
Hi Chris Many thanks for the detailed description of your woad crop. I agree that the transplanted woad does not do as well as the one from seeds planted in...
I've been doing my annual woad dye today. I've got 16 ounces of fresh leaves from first year plants, using soda ash and Sodium Diothinite method. Before I...
Hi Mary Yes, the spectralite does rob the woad from the fabric pretty fast on the second dipping. It is best to do the second dipping as short as possible,...
Hi, All After 3 years of growing woad and trying to extract the dye I finally have colour in the dye pot. (Happy dancing!)The plants are from the seeds that ...
So you dyed with woad and it didn't involve vast pots of WEEEE? Somebody has been pulling my leg, then. Anyone and everyone can feel free to put recipes,...
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I have some preliminary results of my DD's experiment to report -- Of the three varieties that she is growing Bleu de lectoure (French landrace?) Tewkesbury...
Hi Chris Many thanks for the report. I find this kind of information very interesting. I was fascinated to hear that you got so much more woad from the T than...
Hi. Teresinha and others, We have had a very warm summer but the weather changed this weekend so DD may get poorer results from the T. woad from Michelle that...
Hi again Chris I was thinking that even thought the T strain produced a higher yield, maybe the BL one will dye more fibre a darker blue with the same amount. ...
So you're thinking that maybe the BL has a higher purity of indigo than T.? Both of the powders are very dark blue. Once they are fully dry I will get DD to...
Hi Some results on yield average weight of one woad plant: 700g 800g of Tewkesbury strain fresh leaves produced less than 1 gramme of dried woad powder. ...
Hi, Teresinha Thank you for posting your weights. That's very helpful. From 1st cut woad leaves, DD got 5 grams of dried woad indigo powder from 1,254 grams...
Hi Chris It was from first cut, but my plants are not well look after like yours, I never feed mine. I have a BL drying at the moment, this time on a dinner...
Hi, Yes, there are a lot of variables. Our second lot of T. woad – seed from both Michelle and from Sulfolk Herb – again 1st cut, seems to have less ...
Hi Chris Good idea about the parchment paper! Haven't thought of that. This weekend I've tried freezing woad as per wikipedia link. What a mess! The bag burst...
I've been reading all the detailed posts on yields with great interest. (And tiredness - so much work!) Chris, you've confirmed what my own small harvests...
HI, Michele Woad was a lucrative cash crop that required lots of cheap labor, especially women and children to weed the woad patch. During Queen Elizabeth I's...
... I thought the story went that Elizabeth didn't want the woad to be processed within nose range of her estates because the processing stank. Fermenting ...
Hi, Karen I've read the other version lots too. This one came from Hurry's book and since it is older (1930), I thought it might be more relevant. Initially...
Hi all. We have a new member - a spinner and dyer - so say hello and tell us what you're up to. My own woad from seed is looking a bit moth-eaten but made it...
halo woad-lovers, this is my first message. i live in belgium. this spring I have sown for the first time woad, i ordered the seed at Couleur Garance in...
HI, from British Columbia Canada We've had some frosty mornings already and fall is definitely in the air. We begin the second harvest of woad leaves this week...
Hi Chris Glad to hear of your results about flax. I have grown the proper flax this year, and am collecting seeds at the moment. Don't have enough to process...
Hello All <waves nicely>, It sounds like you've had a very *good* result to me, Mieke ...!! I have been trying to grow woad for a couple of years now ... It...
i cut my woad in late august, and now there growing quite well back. i wonder how long i can wait for the latest cut, just before the frost, lets say late...
Hi Mieke Ideally wait 6 weeks from last cut, but 4 weeks is enough. Woad can regrow pretty quickly, but it takes a while longer for the pigment to build up. ...
Hi all, Do any of you make a chickweed infusion? I just strained mine thru a coffee filter and noticed a strong smell. Is this normal? TIA, Karen in France...
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