All are welcome to participate or just observe. The fires start around 8:30 with the first sample
going in when the pots are ready and we wrap up around 3:30. Wear long pants or skirt and closed toed
shoes- open fires and lots of very hot water!
We are at the Homestead in Forest Glen Preserve, near Georgetown, Illinois. In general, we have 2
mordant pots and 5-8 dye pots.
We always have indigo, black walnut, cochineal and goldenrod, and then perhaps logwood, madder, osage
orange, onion skins, annatto or something else that comes up.
Please prepare up to 16-20 .5 oz (almost 15 grams) samples of protein fiber. Samples can be skeins,
weave-its, roving, ribbon..., the only requirement is that the sample holds together so it goes in and
out of the pot easily and can be hung on the line with a clothespin. Tie the samples up thoroughly, but not
tightly.
If you would like to go home with your samples, PLEASE label them with something that can withstand being simmered!
Additional dying can be done if there is dye left in the pots. If you are interested, bring along additional
samples or larger skeins.
There will be prepared samples that you can buy for $3 per skein.
Bring your own lunch, we have access to the Homestead Log Cabin for setting out food to share
and Forest Glen Preserve provides a cold drink (and hot if it is a cold day). Please bring a chair and something to work on while the pots are cooking. There is no rain date, if it is pouring
all day we will cancel.
Prep: Please bring 16-20, .5 oz washed unmordanted samples, one for each dye pot. Be sure to tie skeins
loosely in at least 4 places. Place roving in a bag. Put some type of water and heatproof identifiable tag on
each sample. Your handout will have a record sheet for you to use. PLEASE RSVP to Beth E-W.
Packing list for Participants:
• Fee - $10
• Protein samples to dye all labeled
• chair
• something to do while pots cook
• lunch (could be something to put in coals)
• snack to share if you like
• plastic bags to take your finished possibly wet samples home
• containers for leftover dye if you want to experiment at home.
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