British Dyers Chamomile -Whole dried flowers

Anthemis tinctoria, Dyers Chamomile yields beautiful yellows from the whole dried flowers and work best on protein fibres such as silk and wool.
This Dyers Chamomiie is from a grower on Guernsey in the British Isles who uses permaculture soil buidling techniques and a chemical-free process.

Use for bundle dyeing to create direct prints on textiles and paper, or steeped in water to create a dyepot for submerging textiles into.
The best colours are given on protein fibres such as silk and wool, rather than plant fibres.

Colours:
Warm Yellows

Ingredients: Whole dried Anthemis Tinctoria flowers

Dyers Chamomile is edible. A tea can be made from the dried plant.

Growing:
Grown on a farm in Guernsey using naturaul farming techniques, without the use of synthetic pesticides, herbicides and fungacides.

Recipe:
50% WOF - Pale pastel yellow
100% WOF - good yellow
200% WOF - strong yellow

eg. 50 grams will dye 100g of fibre a good yellow.

To make a dye, add enough water to create the space required for your fibres to move around freely in.
Bring to a simmer and keep at 82 celsius for 30 mins. Strain using a sieve and cheesecloth. Add pre-wetted fibres and simmer for 60 mins or until desired depth of colour achieved. Remove from heat and cool. Rinse, wash and air dry.
Ref Botanical Inks book for further info on dyeing instructions for cellulose/protein fibres, mordanting etc..

For bundle dyeing, follow instructions in my book or using the online workshop recording, available within this online store.

Fastness:
Medium strength fastness to sunlight, rubbing and washing. Colours are stronger and longer lasting in protein fibres such as silk and wool rather than cotton and linen.

Mordants/Modifiers:
Alum brightens yellows.
A small amount of calcium carbonate/ chalk added to the dye bath will also brighten colours.

Ph sensitivity:
Very sensitive

Transport:
Air courier from Guernsey to English mainland in cotton bags/cardboard box
Shipped from Botanical Inks in Bristol via Royal Mail.

Packaging:
Packaged in natural unbleached food grade waxed paper, and secured with natural plant gum paper tape and 100% natural unbleached twine and placed inside a biodegradable corn starch mailer bag - safe for health and environment.

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