Natural Dyes & Mordants

The Natural Dye range by Kraftkolour will dye any natural fibre using a handful of non-toxic mordants and additives to help fix the dye and also give you more colour variations. Natural dyeing is very much about reconnecting with the past - apart from using the plant materials you have at hand in your own garden, there are a number of traditional Natural Dyes in concentrated powder form.
The dyes are sourced from the natural materials and quality controlled by Kraftkolour to ensure that they are of a high standard.
Unlike synthetic dyes the natural dyes can be used in many ways with differing mordants to give interesting variations. Suggestions of how to use them are given and there are also very many publications that cover this topic. With natural dyes experimentation is the only way to really get to know them.

There are many references to natural dyeing to be found by doing a web search. Please note that there are so many variations on their usage that some considerations to methods described have to be made. It is a pathway of exploration.

The dye powders are packed in tough resealable plastic lined packs to ensure they are kept in good condition.

47 Items

White Merino Yarn, Superwash

£6.60

Dye - Black Walnut L.ND..BW

£4.50

Dye - Black/Brown Walnut Powder L.ND.BWP

£4.50

Dye - Calendula L.ND.CAL

£4.60

Dye - Gardenia L.ND.GAR

£18.50

Dye - Myrobalan Dark L.ND.MYRO

£8.50

Dye - Myrobalan L.ND.MYRO

£8.50

Dye - Chamomile L.ND.CHAM

£3.75

Dye - Weld L.ND.WELD

£10.50

Dye - Gallnut L.ND.GALL

£9.65

Dye - Kamala L.ND.KAM

£7.10

Dye - Natural Beet Red L.ND.NATBR

£6.10

Dye - Pomegranate L.ND.POM

£9.70

Dye - Red Sandalwood L.ND.RSAN

£7.00

Dye - Saffron Yellow L.ND.SAFF

£7.70

Dye - Aztec Marigold

£12.30

Dye - Woad Leaf Powder

£9.70

Mordant - Créme of Tartar

£5.40

Mordant - Soda Ash

£5.00

Mordant/Indigo - Fructose

£4.25

Dye - Alkanet

£8.50

Dye - Alkanet Root

£8.50

Dye - Brazilwood

£10.00

Dye - Cochineal

£17.00

Dye - Cutch

£7.80

Dye - Fustic

£11.40

Dye - Henna

£6.50

Dye - Lac Insect

£8.50

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Dye - Logwood - powder

£28.00

Dye - Madder Powder

£7.40

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Dye - Madder Root Powder

£7.40

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Dye - Madder Root

£7.35

Dye - Osage Orange

£7.10

Dye - Himalayan Rhubarb

£7.10

Dye - Rosehip

£6.30

Dye - Tannin

£10.40

Dye - Sumac

£2.50

Dye - Turmeric

£7.65

Dye - Bio Indigo

£8.20

Dye - Indigo 60%

£9.00

Mordant - Copper Sulphate

£5.80

Mordant - Aluminium Acetate

£11.50

Aluminium Acetate is used as an alternative to Aluminium Sulphate for dyeing cellulose with natural dyes because it gives richer colours and is recommended if you’re printing with natural dyes and plant materials. Using Calcium Carbonate canhelp fix it to the fibre.

Mordant - Aluminium Sulphate

£5.80

Aluminium Sulphate (or Alum) is one of the most commonly used mordants for natural dyeing. Alum is a safe chemical to use but it can sometimes be contaminated with Iron which will result in duller colours. Our Alum is certified pure. It is the preferred mordant for Protein fibre (wool, silk etc) but not so much for Cellulose so (you will need to use Aluminium Acetate or Tannin ).

Mordant - Calcium Carbonate

£4.50

Mordant - Ferrous Sulphate

£5.80

Potassium Carbonate: Potash

£3.40

Mordant - Hydrated Lime

£2.40