Flatbush Osage #2

Never have I seen this shade of the natural dye, Osage Orange, before; it had always been a straight up yellow and now it leans toward orange.  I wondered why it was  called Orange and not Yellow, and now I see. 

The mineral composition of the well water used for dyeing last week must be different from when I dyed Osage last Spring and that difference must have changed the shade of the color, so dependant upon  the mineral content of the bath natural dyes are.  This is  not only a local color and but it also is a temporal color; a different season with more or less rainfall has altered the mineral composition of the water table.

Dyed in an edition of 16. Available in the Yarn Store.