The Windowsill Dye Studio: Dorm Room Edition
We are BACK!! I acquired blackberries this morning -- maybe half a pound, max -- and decided since they're (frankly) not great for eating, they're perfect for dyeing. So I started figuring out container acquisition, which led me to spend some time poking around the backs of dining halls, digging through recycling bins for any useful containers. An hour, five dining halls, one dorm, and two bruises later, I had a giant jam jar and empty can of ketchup that wasn't going to cut my hand open. The supplies [id: supplies laid out on a desk, including a giant can and giant jar, a mug, a bowl of blackberries, various fibers, a measuring cup, and salt] Beginning the process! [ID: the same supplies as before, arranged on a blue towel and without the fiber, which is being mordanted] The ketchup can was my mordant container: seven cups of hot water to a large amount of salt, which helps with colorfastness for berry dyes/stains according to various internet sources...