I spent a week on Sunshine Coast learning about local mushrooms for dyeing with 120 other dyers from all over the world.
Dyeing with Hypmyces Lactifluorum and Phaeolus Schweinitzii
This is the group I dyed with.
Hypmyces Lactifluorum
Lobster mushroom
In this dyepot we had dried lobster mushrooms.
We got reds and yellows depending on the pH in the dye path.
pH3 gave yellow and pH10 gave red color
The yarns on the right are from lobster mushroom, Hypmyces Lactifluorum
and the yarns on the left are from Dyer's polypore, Phaeolus Schweinitzii
On an other day we experimented with various lichens.
In to the woods to find mushrooms
Thank you Fiona, Valerie and Kim for memorable mushroom hunting.
