I loved this book - it was packed full of helpful info and photographs. However I feel like this would definitely work better as a physical book.

Amazing book! I located a copy at my library and had a look at it ages ago. I intend to try some of these dyes in my craft work.

Interesting book with lots of info and details about all sorts of plants, barks, you name it to naturally dye. Interesting photography as well.

i really enjoyed looking through Natural Dyeing With Plants.
It is fantastic for beginners and experienced dyers alike.
A brilliant book to keep for reference.
A book to go back to time and again.
It has simple instructions,
My only slight criticism is that I wish it contained some of the more obscure plants too. even though we in this country are unlikely to come across them, it would be nice to know.

I have never used made a natural dye before to dye a garment or yarn. And I must say I don't see myself trying it any time soon. I felt very intimated by this book. I think it was geared more towards someone who has already some experience in making natural dyes with plants. It is an intriguing process but most of the plants are not ones I have easy access to. The book feels very clinical and didn't hold my attention as the process was expanded on. I would rather buy a pre-made natural dye and use it or otherwise look for a simpler book that is more of an introduction to natural dyeing.

This was my first book on natural dyeing and I must say I had no idea what I was doing at first. I enjoyed reading about the history of Natural Dyeing and how it all began. I always had an interest but didn't know how or where to start. The book has very thorough instructions and examples and make the experience easy to understand. I am really happy I came across this book and now have a new passion in felting!

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For any level of expertise, the book helps the reader to create and use natural dye for fabrics. The tutorial are well explained and the results are the colors of the rainbow. Excellent book!

Great book! I have always dyed with chemicals or other ways. This was a great instructional book and what to use.

This book was well written; not only full of good instruction, but also was a good manuel for learning how to dye on your own.

I received an Advanced Reader Copy of this book from the publisher and am voluntarily reviewing it. As an avid crocheter, I have always wanted to dye my own yarn and on clothes as well. This book has everything you will need very comprehensive and easy to use for a beginner like me. With detailed instructions to help you through from the beginning of the project all the way to the end. I am in the process of obtaining the plants they used in the book, so by the end of summer, I can start my own projects! I look forward to making the kaleidoscope of colors.

This book gives an interesting overview of the history of dyeing before diving into dyeing with specific plants. The instructions are clear enough to set a novice dyer down a colourful path, and while I haven't tried any myself, it seems fairly simple. Given the variable nature of dyeing with plants there's always a certain amount of guesswork at first anyway.

Where this book falls down is that the author inexplicably includes "medicinal" uses for these plants, including homeopathy. At one point she recommends the use of a plant to cure the Bubonic Plague. It was at that point she lost all credibility to my eyes. This is not a book marketed towards those seeking herbal cures, and I think it's disgusting when this sort of damaging nonsense leeches into other areas. She also details a number of teas you can drink to "cure" things, which is just not ok. I assume this is because the author is German, and Germany is for some reason still stuck somewhere in the Middle Ages with regards to the popular view of medicine. All they'll cure is a vague sense of unease, or someone having more money than sense.

If you don't mind ignoring this ridiculousness, you might find this book very useful for dyeing.

I have always been intrigued by the history of dyes, specifically plant and insect based dyes, so when I saw a book on how to dye things myself, well I absolutely had to give it a read. This book is thorough, giving an in-depth description on how to and what to use, along with each dye having several examples of how the dye looks on yarn with different treatments. I have a few silk scarves that are in need of a new color and plan on hunting down some plants and giving this a try! I know several people in the SCA that would love this book and I intend on recommending it to them.

Natural Dyeing with Plants is a great primer for those looking to start taking on dyeing projects at home. Plants from a wide variety of locations are listed, so not all plants will be accessible to all readers. It's easy to follow and sparks creativity.

A well thought out book which was really interesting to read and supported with fantastic photos.

I received a digital copy through Netgalley for review.

Have you ever wanted to dye fabric or wool with plants? This book provides information on plant dyeing, different plants and the different colours you can achieve with different materials and techniques.

The how to guides with pictures are easy to follow. Each plant is shown in pictures, as well as differet dyeing results for different techniques or different yarn/fabric materials.

As part of research I am doing on the 18th century, I picked this book to answer some further questions I had on natural dyeing. I was not disappointed. It provided clear information about plants, colors, mordants, etc. An excellent resource for anyone interested in natural dyeing.

Very efficiently presented with practical layout, colorful photographs, and an almost complete disregard for non-European based natural dyeing methods and ingredients.

As much as I was looking forward to reading this book, because of the format, I was unable to open it. After troubleshooting for over 30 minutes, I unfortunately gave up. I will look for it on store shelves as it looks like it would be full of great information.

Natural Dyeing with Plants covers a topic that I have performed a lot of research on but have yet not gathered my confidence to try. Franziska Ebner & Romana Hasenöhrl cover every aspect, from the history of yarn and fabric dying, which was very interesting, to modern methods and equipment recommended. The book is very well illustrated with full color photographs not only displaying hands-on step by step work but also samples of coloration variants. This is a topic that was not well addressed in other books on the subject of natural dyeing. I do agree with other reviewers that some of the plant materials are difficult to acquire in America, but since I also make my own soap with natural colorants, I am familiar with having to search for what I want. Not everything can be found in your own back yard, part of the fun is the planning and the hunt!
Full Disclosure: I was allowed to read a copy of this book for free as a member of NetGalley in exchange for my unbiased review. The opinions I have expressed are my own and I was not influenced to give a positive review.

Natural Dyeing with Plants is an interesting craft book on how to dye mainly wool and silk with plants and also kitchen ingredients.

The book has 10 main chapters starting with a history of dyeing from Roman times using natural ingredients to modern practices using Synthetic dyes.

The Dyeing Studio chapter covers the space needed to work, equipment required and materials needed alongside the dyeing methods such as cold, direct and single bath. All methods come with excellent colour photography to show the steps taken. Another chapter is contains a solar dyeing method which appears to be the simplest method on the book - basically put ingredients and wool in a jar and leave it in the sun for the magic to work. This is one I will be trying out first as it looks to be the simplest method for a beginner.

Six chapters look at the different places dyes can be found, be it garden olants, trees, meadows and kitchen ingredients such as carrots, coffee and onion skins. Again each plant used is given full instructions on how the colour is extracted using the best method. There is also a chapter on exotic dyes that come from insects and special plants such as henna and turmeric.

For each of the plants used, samples of the colours extracted are shown dependent on the material. Also included is what the plant looks like, be it in its natural state or dried

I loved the fact that the colours that take to the material don't always reflect the plant colour. For example the Larkspur is has a blue flower, but the resulting shade is yellow, green and grey depending on the material (wool or silk) and method and red cabbage from the kitchen turns the materials a blue hue.

Whilst I enjoyed this book, I wasn't sure where I would get the starting wools and silks and felt the inclusion of only a handful of projects was disappointing even though those projects were good. I like the fact you can dye eggs and it even shows you how to include leaf patterns on the shells.

I received this book from netgalley in return for a honest review.