Apple Skins dye

Amelia Hoskins / Natural Plant Dyes, Plant dye processes / / 0 Comments

APPLES - 2025 crop - using red skins for dye after apples are processed

I only found out this year that the red skins when soaked produce a pale pink.  The apple cider vinegar produced is also very helpful in gaining a pink with Amaranth dye  as it gives a Ph3.  A few Amaranth flowers are visible behind the apples.

Habotai silk in pot of apple skin dye

Habotai pale pink result when dry

Silk dyed samples Erin and Habotai

Modified small Erin squares

 

  • Alum Sulphate -  Pale Grey
  • Calcium Carbonate - Grey
  • Citric Acid - Light Pink
  • Cream of Tartar - Dull light Pink
  • Sodium Bicarbonate - Cream
  • Ferrous Sulphate (iron) - mid Grey

Smallest Erin dyed sample shows marbled effects when silk is scrunched up beneath a small pot of skins.

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