Tea Dyeing, Part Two

Today's postcard

My first attempts at tea-dyeing weren't really successful, since I ended up with very little color. I really wanted a nice piece for my class project, and simultaneously for the Take It Further challenge for (oops) May.

I took my previous pieces and dyed them a second time, with better results. Here they are drying before their rinse. The rinse sets the color but, alas, removes some of it too. I used English Breakfast tea, coffee, and blueberry, peach, and raspberry herbal teas.

Even after the rinse, I had far more tint than the first time around.

I'm happy. More tomorrow.