Thank you so much for everything you are sharing, clearly explaining and inspiring us all with! What a kind, creative, caring and gentle woman, Kathryn!

@k3n.clothtales

Ай бұрын

Thank you so much Belinda ☺️

K3n I love the way you teach… it’s nice to hear the soft and kind voice of you… thank you very much❣️

Thank you for your time once again Kathryn. I have done a bit of eco dying and printing over the years but evertime I watch a anything about the subject I learn something new. Have a great weekend.

Thank you for the most informative and easy to grasp natural dyeing video I've seen. The outcome pieces are all so gorgeous! I didn't see any undulation of color on them except for the beautiful scarf of course. That is an easy way to ecoprint. Had you not shown us every step i never would have guessed that each the fabrics was soaked ONLY in red or brown onion skins. I'm definitely inspired, thank you so much!

@k3n.clothtales

Ай бұрын

Thank you I am happy you liked it. The range of shades you get from natural dyes, even the humble onion skin is fascinating. ❤️

This really felt like watching magic happen. Incredibly beautiful and interesting, thank you once again!!🍀💖

@k3n.clothtales

Ай бұрын

My pleasure Machteld, it is indeed like magic, every time. ♥️

Absolutely lovely and inspiring! I also love the small details in the videos like the mended sleeve, the adorable tongs and the bachground cloths which I can already see being used in future projects ❤

@k3n.clothtales

Ай бұрын

Ah yes, my mended sleeve. This is a charity shop cardigan that I have had for about 12 years and when Stella was a puppy, she gnawed a chunk out of the sleeve. 😁♥️

@CorneliaCalendula

Ай бұрын

I think that's fantastic. It adds a story to a piece of clothing

I enjoyed this video so much, thank you. Everything shown and explained so thoroughly. The results are lovely, especially the silk scarf which is beautiful. I can hardly wait to have a go.

Kathryn this episode has been so interesting. A BIG thankyou. The chiffon scarf was so beautiful. I Will definitely be trying this out on my return home. You are so very generous with your time and gentleness. I have a big bag of onion skins that I collected at the supermarket, as you say, the shop were very happy that I tidied up the onion rack 😊

Oh my Kathryn! I never would have thought onion skins would dye so beautifully. And so many hues! Thank you for your generosity in sharing your knowledge ❤ I hope you enjoyed your mom visiting. Ha ve a beautiful weekend. Sally Jo

@k3n.clothtales

Ай бұрын

Thank you we had a lovely day ❤️

At last! Someone with my thinking on “a waste of time doing dyeing with substances that are going to be fugitive” 😉 I so enjoyed watching this video…. I could feel your passion oozing through every minute!

@k3n.clothtales

Ай бұрын

🥰🥰🥰

That scarf is simply beautiful

The depth and range of those colours are beautiful.... really sumptuous! So much better than the "flat" results from commercial dyes. Thank you, I loved this video!

@k3n.clothtales

Ай бұрын

Thank you so much! 😊

Wonderful and informative video. I have done some eco dying but you have given alot of great tips! Love your results!

@k3n.clothtales

Ай бұрын

Thank you Jayne ☺️

Love the variety of beautiful colors you got Kathryn! and the sting marks! I love to hand quilt on the lines. Thank you for sharing your dye process. 💙

I love your instructional videos so much. I just found your channel in January when you started your weekly slow stitching project. You have inspired this beginner that you don’t need fancy or expensive tools to create beautiful things. Thank you for sharing your knowledge so patiently and thoroughly. Watching your videos is my hour of peacefulness away from the noise of daily life.

@k3n.clothtales

Ай бұрын

Hello Wanda, thank you that makes me so happy 😊

I learn so much from you and enjoy the slow processes of all your projects....much better to enjoy it all. You are a treasure.

@k3n.clothtales

Ай бұрын

Thank you ❤️

Wonderful video.My husband sat down with a cup of tea and stayed watching to the end. I've dyed my spun wool many times but not tried fabrics. I feel inspired to have a go. Many Thanks

OMG the scarf is beautiful ❤️ the colors, the string marks, the string! Love it

Oh my. I have fallen in love with this process. I would absolutely wear that piece

Everything you do just fascinates me. I have to go Thrifting to look for some wool, silk and or chiffon. That scoff is absolutely gorgeous I must say one of my favorite things was seeing how you darned your jumper/sweater. I was so intrigued it’s quite beautiful.

@k3n.clothtales

Ай бұрын

Thank you, that's a patch darn. Stella chewed it when she was a puppy. 😁 More visible mending videos are planned. ❤️

Excellent video, very informative and inspiring. Thank you! 🥰

Don’t get me wrong, I DO like the brown onion skin dyed fabrics, but I really love the rich brown that came from the red onion skins. I absolutely CANNOT afford (mentally, spatially or time-wise) to start another experimentation, so I will have to trust those who do, perhaps Etsy, and buy bits and bobs. That chiffon scarf is absolutely gorgeous ❤❤❤. Love the stripes among the blotchiness

Thank you so much for this wonderful video on dyeing with onion peals. I'm new to eco dying and can't wait to learn more. I would love to see your process using leaves and other natural materials. Thank you k3n!!!

@k3n.clothtales

Ай бұрын

My pleasure, I will definitely make more videos as the year progresses. ♥️

Great information, thank you! Love how slow and peaceful you are!

Gorgeous results. A friend combined the exhaust baths of red onion skins and brown onion skins. The result was deep olive green!

@k3n.clothtales

9 сағат бұрын

Thank you 😊 the olive green usually comes from the addition of iron to red onions but a friend of mine was getting green from red onions every time, until recently the council updated the streets water pipes, now she gets brown. So we think there must have been iron in the old pipes. 😁♥️

Very informative. I use the method for my wood basket weaving. Onion skins work very well for that.

@k3n.clothtales

Ай бұрын

That's interesting, I have seen basket makers use plant dyes for their materials and it's beautiful ❤️

My first time meeting you. Thank you so much! I am going to visit with my daughter next month... you have given me wonderful ideas for us to try. We spend our visits trying new creative things.

@k3n.clothtales

Ай бұрын

Hello Jackie, lovely to meet you ❤️ I hope you and your daughter have a wonderful time together 😊

I have to say I am flabbergasted by this video 🙀. You are definitely never too old to learn something new lol. I can’t wait to try these dying techniques. I would have never thought of onion skins for dying fabric. I have always used tea but I believe this video has opened up a whole new world for me.

@k3n.clothtales

Ай бұрын

Thank you, I am so happy to flabbergast you in a good way 😁❤️

Oh my goodness I loved all the different variations in colour you got, and that silk scarf is so beautiful! I’ve been saving onion skins to do some yarn dyeing but might have to try some protein cloth first. Thanks very much for the tutorial ❤

@k3n.clothtales

Ай бұрын

My pleasure, thank you ☺️

Thankyou Kathryn for showing me a new way to look at art. I have many ideas whirling around in my head right now. I am in Costa Rica and are now rapidly approaching our winter aka rainy season. I’ll be spending a lot of time indoors soon and getting to work on all the wonderful ideas that are spinning in my mind. Keep going and keep inspiring people to step out of the box and try something new.

@k3n.clothtales

Ай бұрын

My pleasure and I will keep going, thank you so much ❤️

Thank you. I am new to eco drying, but boy I am hooked

Absolutely loved this!!! You have so much patients to do this but its worth it.

@k3n.clothtales

Ай бұрын

Thank you, I just love the process 😊❤️

I loved this beautiful meditative gift of yours. The silks and wools are gorgeous.

@k3n.clothtales

Ай бұрын

Thank you so much 😊

Such beautiful colours - especially at the end when you laid them out all together. Stunning 😍😊

All the fabric is beautiful but the Echo print is outstanding I’m going to give it a go

@k3n.clothtales

Ай бұрын

Thank you, I am wearing the piece in my hair right now 😁❤️

Your results are beautiful. Thanks for showing your process. I know what I am trying this weekend. 😊

@k3n.clothtales

Ай бұрын

Have fun 😁

Thank you for another wonderful video. The colours were so amazing those rich chocolate browns and bronzes were stunningly beautiful. I have used wool and celluloses before, but not silk. I must thrift some silk and try this again.

I have never dyed with onion skins, so fun to see the results that you got! I'll be saving some onion skins!

@k3n.clothtales

22 күн бұрын

Have fun 😊

Wow! I had no idea. What a wonderful video. Thank you for this. The fabrics turned out so beautifully 🥰

@k3n.clothtales

Ай бұрын

Thank you 😊

What a fascinating and surprising video! The fabrics are beautiful, and you shared so much information. Thank you!

@k3n.clothtales

Ай бұрын

My pleasure, happy to share 😊

Thank you so much! That was amazing! The scarf is so beautiful! (US Tennessee)

Absolutely fabulous, I was so looking forward to seeing this video, it didn’t fail. I am actually going to a natural dyeing workshop on the 19th (next Friday), what a great introduction and understanding your video has given me in preparation. Thank you once again for sharing your knowledge

@k3n.clothtales

Ай бұрын

Thank you Jean, I hope you have fun on your workshop. ❤️

Thanks so much for making this video. Great instructions and beautiful results!!😊

Wow! These cloths turned out so beautiful! Thank you so much for the great tutorial!

@k3n.clothtales

Ай бұрын

Thank you and my pleasure ♥️

Thank you so much K3n for this outstanding workshop. You are a great teacher! I'm very curious to check the process with the pink onions we get here in Kingston (Ontario, Canada) in the summer. Thank you!!!!❤

@k3n.clothtales

Ай бұрын

Oh me too, I have never tried pink onions. Hope you report back 😁❤️

O, dear I so much enjoyed this video. The information is not new to me but it is just so lovely to listen to your voice and the experience that is so obvious in your sharings. You sparked me to give it a go again. That green from the red onion skin with rust is so me. Much Love

@k3n.clothtales

Ай бұрын

Much love to you too ♥️

Wonderful colours! Thankyou Katherin

Absolutely beautiful!

Very useful information and beautiful results. Thanks so much❤️

Thank you for your share !I learned nature stuff to color martial marginally very interesting ❤ ❤❤

So, so interesting. Can’t wait to try it. When you were taking off the skins, it looked like our Australian outback. Wonderful. Thank you so much.

@k3n.clothtales

Ай бұрын

My pleasure 😊

Wonderful the scarf is beautiful

That is a phenomenal introduction! What beautiful results!!

@k3n.clothtales

Ай бұрын

Thank you ♥️

Kathryn this is so helpful, thank you for sharing . I cant wait to try it thanks for sharing

Beautiful results!! Spinoff magazine did a natural dye article with the only variable being the tap water used by participants in different areas of one city. It was crazy how the colors were affected by the water quality! I borrow an induction burner from my local "library of things" and have my dye pot outside as I don't feel that fumes are good to inhale since I use some mordants. I will totally try the eco printing!!! I have a loquat tree in my yard that I can harvest leaves from for that purpose. Thank you for your channel!

@k3n.clothtales

Ай бұрын

My pleasure, and yes it's endlessly fascinating. ❤️

Oooo, I loved this video.Thank you so much, Kathryn. Onion soup for tea and then some alchemical fun.

@k3n.clothtales

Ай бұрын

Sounds perfect ❤️

Thank you! Interesting- enjoyed this! I’ll watch it again- TY

So interesting. I have been saving onion skins to do some dying.

You are right about the rabbit hole! Just emerged from the mordant process and dying with avacado. Then I moved on to eco printing with flowers.. Guess I'll need to try onion skins next. 😂

@k3n.clothtales

Ай бұрын

It pulls you in 😂♥️

Those are all so beautiful! Thank you I can't wait to try this 🤍

@k3n.clothtales

Ай бұрын

Thank you have fun 😊

Love this! Super video. And the results are beautiful.

Kathryn, thank you so much for this tutorial. So good to learn the difference between dyeing protein and cellulose fibers. Color differences are amazing! I use mostly cellulose base fabrics and would wish for those beautiful, rich colors but…..oh well. 😊. I can’t thank you enough for all you teach us. 💖💖💖

@k3n.clothtales

Ай бұрын

With mordant, you can get better yellow on cellulose, and you can get the green only paler with the iron but I can't get the rich brown and terracotta on cotton with onions, unfortunately. ❤

Thank you so much for another enthralling tutorial - bliss listening to you ❤❤❤

Thank you for teaching us! I love the outcome. And I’ll swallow my question about red cabbage.😂 Though it works perfectly for dying easter eggs.

@k3n.clothtales

Ай бұрын

Yes, red cabbage and beetroot are great for eggs, just not for cloth 😂♥️

Wow. So beautiful! Though I’m a bit bummed because I have old kitchen towels I wanted to do this to, but alas it probably won’t take too much color. Those colors on the protein samples are just so wonderful. Thank you for the tutorial.

@k3n.clothtales

15 күн бұрын

My pleasure ☺️ I now have some eco-friendly mordant for cotton and linen so I will do another video soon ❤️

I will watch this over and over hoping to retain as much as I can. These colors are amazingly beautiful. I don’t know why but using natural materials 100%, going slow to absorb the pleasure of the process just feels magical to me. I have just found your channel recently and you are on the top of my list of favorites. I’m fantasizing that maybe I could make a kwandi quilt of some kind. Now I want it to have natural dyed fabrics. It will take years. What a wonderful inspiration.

@k3n.clothtales

Ай бұрын

Welcome so pleased you found me. I love the sound of your natural dyed, slow stitched kawandi. ❤️

Very informative and relaxing too - will give it a go

Absolutely riveting content and commentary - so so inspiring as many others have said. I live alone so I will definitely be foraging at the local greengrocers for onion skins - I can't bear to wait until I have collected enough - goes against the grain of slow crafting 🤦 but I am enthused and want to have a go. Big love from Scotland ❤as always 😊

@k3n.clothtales

Ай бұрын

Your greengrocer will thank you Margaret I am sure, have fun much love ❤️

Thank you so much. My local market and shops will be thrifted for those skins. I am living in Mallorca so leaves available too. I shall be busy playing.

Beautiful outcome. Now I know why some of my fabric didn't take as well as the others. I will now be separating the fabric into natural fibers and manmade before dyeing. Always learning at 71.🧡

Totally inspired! Thank you K3n😻

That piece made with bits of onion skin was just beautiful. I love these techniques. I’ll have to look out for plain or pale clothes as nearly all of my bits are coloured. They do take the dye but obviously not so effective or clear in colour. Thank you dear woman for such a straightforward class

@k3n.clothtales

Ай бұрын

My pleasure. Yes if you can't find white or cream cloths, pale colours also work, even patterned but of course it affects the results. ❤️

Beautiful cloths Kathryn! Simple process stunning results. A neighbour gifted me a bag each of onion skins & garlic skins - now I know I can put them to the purpose of making beautiful cloth. Thank you for sharing. 💕Brenda. 😮

@k3n.clothtales

Ай бұрын

My pleasure Brenda, I have never managed to get anything from garlic skins alone, I would be interested to hear if you do. ♥️

I’ve just found your channel and I’ve enjoyed this so much! Quite fascinating. XO

@k3n.clothtales

7 күн бұрын

Welcome so glad you enjoyed it 😊

Lovely!❤❤❤

Absolutely lovely k3n!!❤

Thank you Kathryn that was absolutely amazing. Can’t wait to give it a go ❤

That was brilliant,thank you!! Janine

So beautiful!! Thank you

Great info, thanks ❤❤❤

Amazing. Can't wait to try ❤

I was looking forward to this and am not disappointed...of course! Your explanations and demonstrations are clear and detailed, and I look forward to giving this a try. I did a bit of onion skin dyeing many years ago, but I don't remember much. This feels like a solid start/re-start. Now if I can find some plain silk or wool, I'll be excited to try them and compare to my cottons. Thank you!

@k3n.clothtales

Ай бұрын

My pleasure Kate. When I have saved up more skins, I hope to make another video using only cotton and mordants. 😊❤️

@katethompson2818

Ай бұрын

@@k3n.clothtales That will be great. I forgot to ask: do you save any of your dyeing water for another time?

@k3n.clothtales

Ай бұрын

Yes, I have saved it because there's still colour in it. I am thinking of dyeing some papers and maybe some more cotton cloth. It now has the rusty iron in it so it should give paler green on cotton. ❤️

Loads of good information in this video, thank you. Your chiffon scarf is simply a work of art! I love it.

Thank you for share ❤

Absolutely gorgeous fabrics!

Gorgeous eco print!

Wow! Beautiful results! TFS!

Thanks love it ❤

Such beautiful results! White silks and wools are not often found in the secondhand shops here in Beaufort County, South Carolina. So i usually dye cottons and linens. Recently I have been using soy milk as a mordant, being non-toxic and cheap. Will look forward to seeing a mordant video from you in the future.

@k3n.clothtales

Ай бұрын

Yes silk and wool are hard to find indeed. I did some work with soy milk a few years ago but found it changed the feel of the cloth. Perhaps I was doing something wrong. There is a newish mordant called alum lactate which is a waste product from the food industry, non toxic and more sustainable than the other alum mordants. ♥️

I know about onion skins and dyeing wool (yarn), but now I'll do what you showed. The onion skins I kept (for dyeing) are the right amount for a good try-out with some different materials. I do have silk, it's bourette silk, a knitted fabric, with a very 'rustic' and natural look. I have a small piece of an antique blouse, which might be silk chiffon. And I have a piece of a fine white cotton (was a vintage skirt). I'll add some natural white mohair knitting yarn too (with which I'm knitting a sweater at the moment). Not this weekend, because I have a lot of other things to do. I hope to find time next week ...

@k3n.clothtales

Ай бұрын

Bourette is silk noil, the thicker silk that I used. You should have lovely results with it. ♥️

Amazing!

I normally don’t cook with a lot of onions, but now I’m reconsidering. 😂❤

@k3n.clothtales

Ай бұрын

😂 you can always go and forage for skins in your local store 😉♥️

Wow ! What amazing colours. Thank you x

Always a wonderful adventure!

Thank you so much for the lesson on onion skin dyeing. Your fabrics turned out beautiful. I have a bag hanging in the panty that collects all the skins from my onions until I have enough to dye with. I've never overdyed my rust dyed fabrics. I need to give it a try now that I've seen your fabrics.

Thank you so much for showing this! I so enjoyed it.

Gorgeous cloths!!

Surprisingly beautiful! Can’t wait to try this process.

The glow, richness and to my mind the colour perfection you have achieved is glorious! Certainly the colours share first place with the marks created by your stuffing, folding and wrapping 🏆 The info you shared about 'setting up' the bundle was brilliant! Even before you said it I was rehearsing my approach to my local shop to clean up their onions 🤣 Thank you so much k3n. Enjoy your stunning new scarf!❤

@k3n.clothtales

Ай бұрын

My pleasure 😊 your shop will be delighted to have you tidy their onions for them. 😉♥️

Thank you so much. Feeling very inspired to try this 😍