Flame of the Forest Dye

Flame of the Forest Natural Plant Dye
Butea monosperma
for 100 grams of fibre
20 grams Flame of the Forest Dye Powder

Put Flame of the Forest into dye pot.
Let simmer in dyepot for +1 hour at 50 deg.
Add pre-mordanted wool yarn and sample fabrics.
Let simmer in dyepot for +1 hour.
Remove the wool yarn. Let this cool and rinse thoroughly to remove the excess dye powder.
Turn the heat off the dyepot and leave the linen and cotton samples to soak overnight. More colour will continue to develop as the dyebath cools.
All cellulose fibres, yarns and fabrics must be scoured prior to mordanting or dyeing. Please see my previous article on how to do this.
How to Scour Linen

Flame of the Forest Dye

For these samples, I used several different linen and cotton fabrics as well as wool yarn.

Linen Cotton Samples

Bleached Cotton
Unbleached Cotton
Bleached Linen
Linen/Cotton Blend
Natural Linen (light weight)
Natural Linen (heavy weight)

Plant Dyed Yarns