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wow, after a couple of months of absence, that's a lot of dyeing happenings ! :D We decided to dye with helichrysum stoechas, that you may know under the name of immortelle, in English or in French. It's a yellow flower, smelling strong like curry (I swear !). They grow wild in the place we visited last weekend (where we picked the Italian buckthorn & white mulberries ... see previous posts).

hubby had collected approx. the equivalent of 6 big handfuls (approximately, I say, I didn't count), therefore I didn't dye a big quantity. The dye itself was yellow, and of course DID smell like curry A LOT ! The fabrics did stayed overnight in the dyebath.

and the result is a lovely yellow, I really like it a lot. The Italian buckthorn gave quite a mustardy yellow, and that yellow is a more subtle one. I'll let you judge.

I tend to think that the final color really looks like the color of the flowers themselves. What do you think ?

for the comparison, here's a photo of the 1st, 2nd & 3rd dyes with Italian buckthorn (rhamnus alaternus) ... and with this very dye with immortelle (helichrysum stoechas)

thank you very much for stopping by & for reading ! :)