Marigold Flower Dye
So, I finally tried to dye cotton fabric and wool yarn with marigold flowers. I first needed to know how many flowers can dye how much of fabrics, and found around 200-250 flowers can make 1 oz of dried flower petals. (A bag of 1oz of dried flower petals.) And these are how much I was able to dye from 206 flowers. (The yarn in the most left with some darker sections had grayish-brownish color in advance.) I watched a few youtube videos and read some blogs about dyeing with marigold flowers. I appreciate those who share their knowledge and experience but I am not good at following instructions from those dyers, so did a minimum of what I thought I needed to do - so often my experiences don't turn well and waste some time... Anyway, a little over a pound of cotton fabric and 14 oz of wool yarn became mustard color, which the color I love. The color becomes lighter while dyeing a few times. I wasn't thinking of dyeing yarn but got tired of cotton and I got the impress