plant dyeing my way through darker days

plant dyeing my way through darker days - story 14

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2 жыл бұрын

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It has been a dark November here in Norway, literally, no snow and the sun is going down around 15.30. I talk a little bit about my relationship with the dark winters in Norway, and I share with you my mysterious and sort of addictive new exploration of natural plant dye.
- My previous video about plant dye: • I tried natural PLANT ...
- Book about plant dye (in Norwegian): track.adtraction.com/t/t?a=14...
- Book about plant dye (in english): track.adtraction.com/t/t?a=14...
In this video I dyed with:
- Spruce, iron pot as a mordant = beige/yellow
- Alder bark, iron pot as a mordant = beige brown
- Alder cones, iron pot as a mordant = red-ish brown
- Brown/old birch leaves, alum mordant, normal pot = yellow
- St.Johns wort, alum mordant, normal pot, grey yarn = bright green.
- St.Johns wort, alum mordant, normal pot, white yarn = bright yellow.
- St.Johns wort, stems and leaves, iron pot as a mordant = brown
- St.Johns wort, flowers, iron pot as a mordant = purple
- Rubia Tinctorum (Krapp), alum mordant, normal pot = red and pink
Plant dye is not just a hobby, it is a dialogue with nature, the seasons, a travel through our history and a conversation with women from the past. In doing it we are also conserving knowledge that is in many cases forgotten that we might actually have use of today. The chemical textile colors we use today in our clothing are in most cases very damaging to the environment. Is there a better option? I certainly think so, but I think we need to accept that it is an option that takes more time and is a little less accessible. Like with a lot of other things, we need to slow down to be able take care of our planet.
When I talk I have a hard time explaining how magical it actually is, this process of natural dyeing. So, I made a video about it! I hope you will feel the magic. Also if you are a forager, and you don't have anything to forage during the winters, here is something you can try!
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@sb4759 Ай бұрын

This is so interesting. There is a gal named Sanna Varra on KZfaq, she knits and since you didn't mention what you do with the yarn after your done with it and it is colored I thought I would mention her to you. She is a lovely gal, who lives in a cabin too. Very soft spoken and a kind person too. I so enjoy your posts here. There are refreshing and I love watching what you do....Blessings, Glenda

@fay4530 8 ай бұрын

You have such a way with words. I've really been struggling with my natural dye journey since the weather has turned this month, thank you for sharing- it has really helped!

@Mariaandtheforest 8 ай бұрын

thank you

@cattymeowpuss 2 жыл бұрын

Great video. You are very inspiring. Love from Cambridgeshire UK XXX

@Mariaandtheforest 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you

@heatherrubino8844 Жыл бұрын

I absolutely love watching your videos, and today I watched this one with my seven year old son. He thoroughly enjoyed watching you dye yarn with plants. He became so peaceful while watching and listening. You've provided such a beautiful gift for us all. I am one of your biggest fans for sure! - watching from Tennessee, United States. ❤

@Mariaandtheforest Жыл бұрын

Wow, thank you! It makes me so happy that your son enjoyed it to :-). Lots of love to you both

@karenselk693 2 жыл бұрын

Lovely video, not just the colours and scenery, but your thoughts and insights. Very well done, I really appreciate it.

@Mariaandtheforest 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much

@eseilana 7 ай бұрын

Such a nice video! Totally feel the lack of Energy during winter times. I started spinning These days and i am totally hocked by Natural plant dye because pf this video ❤

@Mariaandtheforest 7 ай бұрын

That is so awesome

@robindelude3787 Жыл бұрын

I love all of your colors, Maria! They are nearly as beautiful as the land that surrounds your cozy cottage. I’m a new subscriber and have been (almost) binge watching. You’re very talented at many things. Thank you for sharing your videos with us. 🙂

@Mariaandtheforest Жыл бұрын

I am so glad you enjoy the videos! Welcome to the channel

@BamaLaw 2 жыл бұрын

Hello from the US - I love watching your videos. Norway is such a beautiful country. Thank you for sharing it 😊

@Mariaandtheforest 2 жыл бұрын

Hello from Norway! I am so glad you like my videos! Thank you

@TheMakersCorner Жыл бұрын

I'm so pleased I found your video. I couldn't agree with you more about using your intuition. This beautiful craft of co-creating colour with nature is absolutely a relationship that requires engaging with your senses and trusting your innate knowing. I'm a natural dyer in Australia and I just love collaborating with my surroundings in this way. I do hope you discover a love of knitting or another fibre art as well because there's nothing more satisfying that making something from yarn you dyed.

@Mariaandtheforest Жыл бұрын

I am so glad you found it too, how cool to connect with a fellow dyer from all the way up to Australia

@TheMakersCorner Жыл бұрын

@@Mariaandtheforest Really coo! I just followed you on IG with both my accounts. Looking forward to following your work :)

@hippiechickandvintagetom 7 ай бұрын

I laugh because I am also addicted. to collecting, storing and dying yarn with plant material. My cupboards are filled with bags and jars of onion skins, plants twigs and leaves all being collected for dye. I just dyed with black walnut husks now am allowing the dye pot to ferment and ill dye again just to see what color change I might get. Loved the video.

@Mariaandtheforest 7 ай бұрын

Haha nice! Hello fellow plant dyer! That sounds like a great library of plant dye material.

@ilovetrentinoslowlifeitaly 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome views. Thanks for sharing. Cheers from the top of the mountain.

@Mariaandtheforest 2 жыл бұрын

Hi! Nice to see you. Thanks for watching. Cheers ♡

@sarahjrgensen7577 2 жыл бұрын

I totally get that you got addicted to it! 😍

@janinafisher101 Жыл бұрын

Gosh, Maria, these colours are BEAUTIFUL! It was amazing to see how many different colours you could get just from St. John's Wort! I think you need to learn how to knit now so you can make beautiful sweaters from your own hand-dyed yarns! (As if you don't have enough to do!) Hilsen fra Canada!

@Mariaandtheforest Жыл бұрын

Thank you

@MarkGalbraithVideos 2 жыл бұрын

What a lovely video Maria, with a beautiful opening sequence, some superb photography, and fabulous landscapes. Oh if only you had charged the camera battery we could have had an extra 10 minutes with you ! I have to wonder what you're going to do with all the yarn you have now accumulated. You'll have to find a friend who knits, or perhaps you could open a shop selling yarn. I am curious though to know what would happen if a garment knitted with your coloured yarn was put in a washing machine ? I'm guessing some of the dye would wash out again ? Anyway, you seem well settled in your new home now, and it's nice to see you doing well. Remember to get as much daylight as possible at this time of year, and enjoy the winter. I'm already looking forward to the next video. I watched this one twice !

@Mariaandtheforest 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Mark

@veronicabalfourpaul2288 2 жыл бұрын

lovely

@KindEarthTV 2 жыл бұрын

Inspiring - thank you so much. Love from me in Wales x

@Mariaandtheforest 2 жыл бұрын

I am so glad to hear that

@sravan747 10 ай бұрын

1:26 ; 2:46 ; 4:20 ; 4:25 ; 10:47 ; 17:05 ; 17:56 are literally paintings ❤. Such a quality video!!

@sophiejessome6522 2 жыл бұрын

Your process and beautiful video is making me reconnect with the good feelings of natural dyeing, and letting go of perfection... Thank you

@Mariaandtheforest 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for this comment

@judynolan8940 2 жыл бұрын

I have recently gotten into dying my own homespun yarn. It is amazing what colors you come up with from plant materials. Your video is wonderful. The scenery is amazing. I too find this time of year just as you described it. I live in Newfoundland Canada and in Nov. Dec. our days are long and very grey.

@Mariaandtheforest 2 жыл бұрын

wow, that is next level. How cool you make homespun yarn. Thank you so much, I am really glad you liked the video. I'm sort of glad to know I am not the only one who feels this way during this time of the year

@patsyporter5082 2 жыл бұрын

This was so interesting! Those colours are beautiful! I really loved how the blanket turned out. Thanks for sharing. 😊♥️🇨🇦

@Mariaandtheforest 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, I am really glad you found it interesting

@skyqueenstudios 2 жыл бұрын

This video was beautiful to watch, I hope you know how much we appreciate your films! The colours of the yarn are so pretty and it looks so soft, like it would be easy to make the softest sweaters. I really love those Nordic sweaters I see people wearing. As soon as you mentioned St John’s Wort I was curious because I make an oil from St John’s Wort flowers and leaves (it’s very soothing for tired, sore muscles). My oil always comes out red, so I was surprised how many colours you found to make with it. Colour is very addictive, I understand how you became so excited about plant dyes. Sending you lots of good vibes from Vancouver, Canada 🍁 🧶🤎

@Mariaandtheforest 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much ♡ I am so glad you liked it, and that you like watching my videos. That means a lot. I make Oil from it as well, so I was very surprised that it turned purple! And also my book said it would be brown with a hint of red so it seems to be different each time 😆. Lots of love and good vibes back to you from Norway ♡

@michelecarroll8168 2 жыл бұрын

Oh how beautiful! These colors would make a beautiful beautiful blanket. It’s nice to see that you had so much fun doing it

@Mariaandtheforest 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much. I think you are so right. But I might end up making something I can wear, because it would be the coolest when I teach plant workshops.

@michelecarroll8168 2 жыл бұрын

Might be fun to do a “Temperature Blanket”. That is when you assign a color to a temperature outside. And you quilt the assigned color on the blanket that day or that week. Might be fun to do one per season. And each season use the color of the dyes you have created for what’s growing then. That might be a great way to show everyone the different seasons and different colors they can get. Good luck from the US. Love your videos

@Mariaandtheforest 2 жыл бұрын

@@michelecarroll8168 Thats a very cool idea! Thank you

@sheilafraze3289 Жыл бұрын

I love your experiments with color do you sell your yarn would make beautiful garments

@renatehaeckler9843 2 жыл бұрын

You shared this in the dyeing group and I was not expecting such a nice video but I have to say I really enjoyed it! I think so many Scandinavians knit because it's very relaxing and peaceful, good to do when you feel like hibernating, with a pod cast or audio book playing and a cup of something warm to drink. But there's a kind of weaving called "Back Strap Weaving" where you have a really small loom and you can make decorative belts and straps that's very addictive. I think I paid $20 USD for mine, from a woman who makes them who lives in the forest somewhere near Russia and sells them on Etsy.

@Mariaandtheforest 2 жыл бұрын

Hi, I am so glad you liked it. And thank you for that tip, I will check it out. Have been considering learning weaving so this is just what I need. And I guess knitting is also in the future for me eventually haha.

@MsTilda2 Жыл бұрын

Og det tager 100 år at spinde😊❤️og ordne ulden,

@paulkeeling6442 2 жыл бұрын

There must be a trace of the natural urge to hibernate left in us dear Soul.

@Mariaandtheforest 2 жыл бұрын

I think so too :-)

@mariaulvw 11 ай бұрын

Nydelig video! Må selv prøve å farge garn med disse plantene!!

@Mariaandtheforest 11 ай бұрын

Takk! Lykke til, det er veldig gøy!

@marcodellasanta9089 Жыл бұрын

❤

@ashildlvasborgersen4865 2 жыл бұрын

❤️❤️❤️

@bearticboy9297 2 жыл бұрын

Jeg begynte på Svalbard Folkehøgskole i høst. Her er det mørketid og mørkt 24/7. Å se videoene dine er en fin måte å se hvordan det går på fastlandet.

@Mariaandtheforest 2 жыл бұрын

åh så spennende! Jeg er virkelig fasinert av Svalbard, skal definitivt dit en gang. Hyggelig at du ser på videoene fra langt der oppe i nord

@SAROXBAND 2 жыл бұрын

Now that is AMAZING Maria! I especially love the intense reds and the green of the white yarn in saint Johns’s worth. I am curious to know if you could use the Maguey root to achieve that intense red? I’m gonna investigate and will let you know! Please keep up the amazing work!

@Mariaandtheforest 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you my friend

@ashildlvasborgersen4865 2 жыл бұрын

koselig video🥰det er sååå viktig å finne på noe å gjøre ute i november.. isbading hjelper masse som du veit❤️ut og ta bilder, sanke litt. Husk å leite etter vintersoppen!!!:D

@Mariaandtheforest 2 жыл бұрын

Isbading er på listen for sure! Må bare finne ut hvordan jeg skal komme meg til og fra elva uten å fryse i hjel, ettersom jeg fremdeles ikke har bil x) Vintersopp er notert! Ser nydelig ut der ute hos deg nå, så masse fine bilder du tar.

@ashildlvasborgersen4865 2 жыл бұрын

@@Mariaandtheforest Tusen takk❤️Det er nydelig her ute ja🥰savner innlandet av og til, men sånn er det jo.. man savner det man ikke har nært! Bil er jo litt kjekt når man skal isbade ja.. ingen du kjenner med bil som vil være med da?🤩

@Mariaandtheforest 2 жыл бұрын

Det kan jeg forstå, ikke alltid så lett å bare være der man er, spesielt når man er fra innlandet 😁. Jeg gikk ut og badet i dag faktisk, tok sykkelen 😆 men det var ganske slitsomt å komme seg hjem 😂 må få meg noen isbadingsvenner ja.

@MsTilda2 Жыл бұрын

Hvor vildt,, jeg farver også, må prøve jerngryde og alm gryde 😁

@Justafonso 2 жыл бұрын

Video editing wise, I think this is your best video!🙏💪 Congrats, you're improving a lot. Also, regarding winter and the lack of light, the Yogic culture, between other things, says that there are a couple relevant things one can do: 1- whatever amount of light you normally have at your home, make it 3-5-10x (I actually love cozy, low light rooms so I don't follow this one, but I also still live in sunny Portugal, not Norway ahah) 2- Create a challenge to the mind, because when one does so the energies in the body are activated and used in a more exuberant and vibrant way, not creating that sense of tiredness and sleepy feeling due to the lack of sun light. Traditionally, women would do tasks men normally used to do and men tasks that women normally used to do eheh 😊 it was a easy and effective way to challenge the mind (and bring a good sense of balance between genres ahah)

@Mariaandtheforest 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Afonso. I am kind of happy about this one myself too. And thank you for this insight, that is very interesting. I am sure the light thing would work, but like you I kind of like the candle lit winter atmosphere! Makes me sleepy, but also is a good contrast to all the computer work. Creating a challenge, that makes a lot of sense to me. And I think I often do that in the beginning of winter. By February I am often out of ideas and energy, haha. I have challenged myself to run every day, it helps! Do you have a winter challenge for yourself then?

@Justafonso 2 жыл бұрын

@@Mariaandtheforest My winter challenge for the last 2 years is to move to Norway 😂 getting closer and closer! But, in reality, I get really really inspired by autumn and winter: I write a lot during this months, I read a lot, I love to decor the house for Christmas and autumn and winter and all that, so I always get excited with this month's, never feel depressed cause of it (a big reason why I want to move to norway, Portugal is too hot and dry for me even during winter eheh).

@Mariaandtheforest 2 жыл бұрын

Well thats a nice callenge! I hope you will get there soon then :-) your winter habits sound very cozy, and I agree with you, winter ca be inspiring too. But in february, oh man... Then I'm personally so done with it.

@travel_nature_and_life 2 жыл бұрын

So beautiful colors ! What are you doing with all these natural colored yarns ? Don't you feel the need to knit, looking at them ? It's so nice 🤎💚🧡💛

@Mariaandtheforest 2 жыл бұрын

Haha, honestly I just have them on a shelf at the moment. I love them the way they are, but I will eventually make something. Maybe I will weave, or my mother in law has said she could knit me a sweater!

@travel_nature_and_life 2 жыл бұрын

@@Mariaandtheforest You will show us the result of this wool, once transformed into a weave or sweater. I was also wondering if you dye the wool that was previously treated for the white color or is it a "virgin" wool, without prior color treatment?

@Mariaandtheforest 2 жыл бұрын

@@travel_nature_and_life most of the wool is untreated. But I think it might be possible with bleached wool too. I have heard its not so good to use superwashed wool though.

@user-kn4mm8tx6y 8 ай бұрын

Wonderfull...natural color production?

@mailindsolvind 2 жыл бұрын

åh du må prøve soppfarging også! Det er kjempe gøy!

@Mariaandtheforest 2 жыл бұрын

Absolutt! Det blir neste prosjekt :D er bare ikke så flink med sopp enda.

@SushyDraws 2 жыл бұрын

You dye all this beautiful yarn but you don't knit or crochet? What do you do with it then if I may ask? ^^; I knit and crochet, I would make a lot of things with it :D

@Mariaandtheforest 2 жыл бұрын

A very good question, that I dont have the answer to myself, yet. It will not go unused though, I just have to decide and then learn some new craft I guess :-)

@Lyra_of_Spinning_Winds 2 жыл бұрын

Nalbinding is fun to learn 😊 these are absolutely beautiful 😍