Natural dyeing with this ubiquitous roadside plant - the creeping buttercup.

Mushroom dyeing is an exciting frontier in dyeing that will massively expand your colour palette. Here we go over dyeing with Boletus edulis, aka the King Bolete or Porchini. Arguably one of the most famous fungi on the planet.

Our native Galium, aka Cleavers or Common bedstraw, provides a surprising lush coral red.

Using iron and logwood to get shades of grey and true black.

Naturally dyeing cedar bark with cochineal.

Unlocking the colours of a common urban flower.

Testing out natural dyeing with the flowers from two varies of this highly invasive species.

Photo-sensitive lichen yields colourful surprises.

Chasing mauve with the velvet-footed pax mushroom.

Goal: dyeing three hand-spun mohair skeins different colours using only natural materials from around the neighbourhood - giant horsetail and dandelions.

Harvested in early May, this native herbaceous plant yields a fresh yellowy-green and chocolate brown.

Dyeing with fresh giant horse in early spring.

Trying out some fun with Pholiota mushrooms.

Dyeing pinks and oranges with lobster mushroom (Hypomyces lactifluorum).

Dyeing wool with red Cortinarius smithii mushrooms.

Putting some quantitative numbers to this dyer

Dyeing with dull Oregon grape root shavings and no pre-mordant

Dyeing with dull Oregon grape