Scarf Kendal Green mesa Scarf made of 100% habotai

Scarf made of 100% habotai 08 silk

This table runner has been made by hand in 100% cotton canvas

100% silk (habotai 08) headband dyed with weld and printed dyer's chamomile and cochineal

it is almost impossible to get a good green dye

Dyed with madder roots and printed with logwood chips and marigold flowers

Scarf Kendal Green mesa Scarf made of 100% habotaiScarf made of 100% satin silk. The Kendal green was a colour obtained in Middle Age from dyeing cloth with weld (Reseda luteola) and then overdye with and indigo bearing plant, like woad or indigo, to turn it into green. Although green is the most abundant colour in nature, it is almost impossible to get a good green dye. There are some exceptions but the general rule it is that green is very quickly degraded once out of the plant. Thus, green is