Calendula Flower Dye. Add enough olive oil or sweet almond oil to completely cover the calendula flowers. Kimberly Baxter Packwood Notes on Natural Dyeing.
Wingham Wool Work Dye Calendula. Allow the oil to infuse on a sunny window sill for 4 to 6 weeks. Due to their abundance its easy to collect enough for the dye bath you can dry or freeze them till youve collected the amount you need.
Bring to a simmer and simmer until the desired shade is achieved.
To dye with Calendula you will need. 01042021 The next time I did this dye I let the blooms simmer approximately 30 minutes before adding the wool alum mordanted. I left the skein in the pot for another hour off the heat to make sure the dye thoroughly absorbed into the fiber. 100g of alum mordented fibre or yarn dry weight 10 litres of water.