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y mother had 4 children in the first 5 years of her marriage. when the oldest were at school, and the baby was sleeping, she would harness me up and tie me to the big poplar tree in the front yard. this gave us both the freedom we needed. she could have a nap or clean the house. i could safely watch the happenings out in the street. i could play in the ditch that always seemed to have a trickle of water in it. mostly i remember the tree. the roughness of the bark. the smell of
the catkins in the spring. making "soup" out of the leaves.
y mother had 4 children in the first 5 years of her marriage. when the oldest were at school, and the baby was sleeping, she would harness me up and tie me to the big poplar tree in the front yard. this gave us both the freedom we needed. she could have a nap or clean the house. i could safely watch the happenings out in the street. i could play in the ditch that always seemed to have a trickle of water in it. mostly i remember the tree. the roughness of the bark. the smell of
the catkins in the spring. making "soup" out of the leaves.our house in newfoundland is surrounded by tall poplar trees. yesterday i picked some leaves for dye and all these memories came back to me...
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that's a lovely soft green. But do you know for sure that the colour won't wash out? What do you use to "fix" the dye?
i use alum as a mordant for these natural dyes. yesterday i used lily-of-the-valley leaves - turned out at a pale green/beige. the kool-aid dyes don't need anything added to fix the dye.
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