Black beans are a wonder! For dyeing ---
I soaked them for two days in much water then strained them and used them for cooking
(We had the Mexican bean stew on Sunday and it WAS good - for in a Swabian household nothing is being wasted - people might laugh at this - I am used to it - they say the old Swabians have been expelled from Scotland because of their thriftiness).
But the liquid, the dark looking liquid is my dyeing bath in which
I put various threads and some scraps of linen and cotton
The parts which are above the level of the dyeing liquid on the photo above
are really the true colour ---- now after drying and ironing -
I soaked it for 3 days - except the fil à broder ( the right skein) which was soaked only
for two days and cured with white vinegar. So it is slightly paler and has got some purple in it.
The colour really is more like this below:
or like this - anyway something in between and towards grey"ish"
When the sky is blue it is coming out like that - too blue!!
So take your imagination and think it into grey-blue. I like the hue
and am spirited by the result and applaud the beans. Enjoy your meal!
(We had the Mexican bean stew on Sunday and it WAS good - for in a Swabian household nothing is being wasted - people might laugh at this - I am used to it - they say the old Swabians have been expelled from Scotland because of their thriftiness).
But the liquid, the dark looking liquid is my dyeing bath in which
I put various threads and some scraps of linen and cotton
are really the true colour ---- now after drying and ironing -
for two days and cured with white vinegar. So it is slightly paler and has got some purple in it.
So take your imagination and think it into grey-blue. I like the hue
and am spirited by the result and applaud the beans. Enjoy your meal!
