Dyeing with Black Walnut

I had my first dye failure a short while back when using Sheep Sorrel. I decided to use the Black Walnuts I had been saving and over dye the yarn.

 The results




The process is pretty simple-

I started with a 5 gallon pail of walnuts some with hulls and some without.

Covered with water, put on lid, and let sit.
(mine sat for a month at least)

Took off lid-it was kind of gross!

I did the heating in the mill-

Yucky walnut mixture heating in the dye pot (60 minutes after it comes to boil)

Yep, I stuck my yarn in there after I strained the walnut mixture. After 90 minutes with heat, I turned it off and let it sit overnight.

 Hanging on the line for at least 20 minutes before the rinse bath (it froze)

I had to do several rinses until the water ran clear. I am really happy with the end result! I will definitely be dyeing with Walnut again!

Lucky me,  you get to use it, more than once.