Incidental outcome 錯有錯著的效果

"Blue, blue, mum never blue.....  how come mum made it blue", Mogi curious.

何以天然印染的白色羊毛衣有藍染 ?

A wool top of prints of eucalytus leaves with blue background.  How come?

Digged my wardrobe to do eco print experiments, I found this wool top with a blue stripe.

Placed the rose leave, eucalyptus leaves and twigs. rolled up and tied a bundle.  Boiled for an hour.  Oh my God....... it's breeding.... "blue blood".

The blue tie stripe was breeding and made the whole bundle blue.  Fortunately the leaves marks are still clear.

Thought it's the chemical dye of blue that made the eucalyptus leaves from red to dark. Oak leaf is same usual dark.

Twigs outlines are clear and bold.

Rose leaf is clear.

Tie marks on shoulder.

Mogi, "haha.... mum, you can't claim this is eco dye...."

Mogi, "no eye see it, mum should mind any color other than white when doing prints."

The accidental outcome is not too bad but it's not my idea of eco print.  Anyway, a lesson to learn.

這是錯有錯著的效果, 但我不能說是天然印染, 下次我要特別留意不可混有其他顏色做印染.

Wool top on 2 generations 活化了的羊毛衣

Again playing around eco print.  My white wool top is a bit with fuzz on sleeves.  Just wanted to make a change with eucalyptus.

 一件舊羊毛衣穿在兩代人的身上.....

Placed different sorts of eucalyptus leaves over the wool top for accordion fold. Bundled and steamed for an hour. 

Subtle and organic new look of the wool top. 

 String marks on shoulder

Some euc leaves with iron water mordanted, some not....   

 different shades of leaves

 I love it and Mogi loves it too...

Seems this goes well with my young daughter..

在年輕女兒身上活化了.....
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