It snuck up on me but my blog has now had over 20,000 visiters since August 2011. Even if you count half of the visitors as spambots I am happy with at least 10,000 folks interested in natural dyes. So, thank you for sharing the color journey!
To stay on the natural dye track here’s some shots of my indigo garden prep. One bed for the Japanese Indigo, the second for Indigofera suffruticosa.
The sprouts strengthen 
And the beds are prepped! This is last year’s Indigofera suffruticosa with some new growth.
And the sheltered Japanese Indigo bed is ready for its seedlings. 
I am also going to direct sow some seed to see if that works better. Seeds are scarce so one wants to figure out the most efficient path.
Of course you can strain or float the mold head so you can pour off the dyestock. Below I am pouring off and floating the mold. You can pull it off with a rag or let a filter capture it. Purely personal choice…..and your yuck tolerance level.
The color on the right below is what the 6 year madder 1st rinse that had the mold growth yielded on my wool. The middle skein is a disappointment, more on that substratein another entry. The white skein on the left was just added. All three are going back into the 6 year exhaust pot to see what color shows up. 
Besides the disappointing yarn, I have some tannin silks to show, here’s a preview of the colors that were overdyed. What do you think madder root did to these colors? 
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