Oh wow!!! Yes that may be too many dolls even for me 😱

I fail to see why this is an either /or choice 🌿

Yay! Victorian lady botany automatically makes everything more joyful / less angry and fighty

Thank you! I love it so much 💚✨

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Thank you!!

Thank you so much!

Thank you much! That’s really great to hear - and your monsters thesis sounds right up my street! Hope you enjoy the rest of the book 🧚🏾

Haha yes, I’m already getting my goblin hoard together 🌿 and thank you!

Second avocado attempt was much more successful! This time the skins and stones were much fresher, and I also added three teaspoons of bicarbonate of soda to the dyebath to make it more alkaline.

🩷 darker pink skein with alum mordant
🌸 lighter pink skein no mordant
🤎 original avocado skeins

Thank you - it really is! I can see how this could become addictive. I already have a few more dye pots on the go…

Results of the first experiments, L-R:

🤎 avocado skins and stones, no mordant
🤎 avocado skins and stones, alum mordant
💛 red onion skins, alum mordant
🧡 yellow onion skins, alum mordant

The avocado didn’t quite go the pink I was hoping for, but I’m really pleased with the onion skins!

Thank you so much - this is all incredibly helpful! 🧶✨

Haha, I have actually made avocado soup (although not from the skins which would probably be less tasty)!

I used a mixture of alum powder and cream of tartar as a mordant (roughly 8g alum and 7g of CoT for 100g dry wool)

Thanks so much! I was actually wondering if you could recommend an iron modifier? I’m slightly scared to start experimenting with (a) possibly toxic substances that (b) can weaken the yarn 😬