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# Local Color Dyes

Plant-based dyes & natural fibers in the Connecticut River Valley

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## Posts

- [Unusual Woad Behavior](https://localcolordyes.com/2025/07/11/unusual-woad-behavior/)
- [Japanese Indigo Vs. Whitefly](https://localcolordyes.com/2026/02/05/japanese-indigo-vs-whitefly/)
- [Goings On in the Winter Garden](https://localcolordyes.com/2026/01/04/goings-on-in-the-winter-garden/)
- [A Dye Garden Whodunit](https://localcolordyes.com/2024/06/03/a-dye-garden-whodunit/)
- [Digging up Madder Roots](https://localcolordyes.com/2013/10/30/digging-up-madder-roots/)
- [Black Walnut Ink](https://localcolordyes.com/2014/05/24/black-walnut-ink/)
- [Flax Day, Not Tax Day!](https://localcolordyes.com/2012/04/22/flax-day-not-tax-day/)
- [Back in Black (Walnut)](https://localcolordyes.com/2023/04/30/back-in-black-walnut/)
- [Making Brown with Black Walnuts Part One](https://localcolordyes.com/2024/01/13/making-brown-with-black-walnuts-part-i/)
- [Making Brown with Black Walnuts Part Two](https://localcolordyes.com/2024/01/14/making-brown-with-black-walnuts-part-two/)
- [Blue and Black Yarn](https://localcolordyes.com/2024/01/21/blue-and-black-yarn/)
- [Japanese Indigo August 2017](https://localcolordyes.com/2017/10/11/japanese-indigo-august-2017/)
- [There's Treasure Everywhere!](https://localcolordyes.com/2021/01/29/theres-treasure-everywhere/)
- [The Woad That (Almost) Wasn't](https://localcolordyes.com/2020/08/15/the-woad-that-almost-wasnt/)
- [Dyeing with Bolted Woad](https://localcolordyes.com/2019/07/26/dyeing-with-bolted-woad/)
- [Madder on Silk and Linen](https://localcolordyes.com/2019/08/24/madder-on-silk-and-linen/)
- [Japanese Indigo Seeds 2019](https://localcolordyes.com/2019/05/11/japanese-indigo-seeds-2019/)
- [Planting Flax 2019](https://localcolordyes.com/2019/04/21/planting-flax-2019/)
- [Digging up Madder Roots](https://localcolordyes.com/2019/04/17/digging-up-madder-roots-2/)
- [March in the Dye Plant Garden](https://localcolordyes.com/2019/04/10/march-in-the-dye-plant-garden/)
- [Upcoming Events!](https://localcolordyes.com/2019/02/18/upcoming-events/)
- [November 21st 2018 Woad Vat](https://localcolordyes.com/2018/11/22/november-21st-2018-woad-vat/)
- [Farm Aid Exhaust Baths](https://localcolordyes.com/2018/10/26/farm-aid-exhaust-baths/)
- [Farm Aid 2018](https://localcolordyes.com/2018/09/25/farm-aid-2018/)
- [Bronze Fennel and Swallowtail Butterflies](https://localcolordyes.com/2018/08/30/bronze-fennel-and-swallowtail-butterflies/)
- [Flax 2018-What Happened in May](https://localcolordyes.com/2018/08/29/flax-2018-what-happened-in-may/)
- [Swamp Milkweed Update](https://localcolordyes.com/2018/08/20/swamp-milkweed-update/)
- [Mystery Cordage](https://localcolordyes.com/2012/05/22/mystery-cordage/)
- [Massachusetts Sheep and Woolcraft 2018](https://localcolordyes.com/2018/08/18/massachusetts-sheep-and-woolcraft-2018/)
- [Paper Making](https://localcolordyes.com/2018/08/09/paper-making/)
- [FIBERuary 2018](https://localcolordyes.com/2018/08/08/fiberuary-2018/)
- [FIBERuary in Western Massachusetts](https://localcolordyes.com/2016/02/08/fiberuary-in-western-massachusetts/)
- [Past Speaking Engagements](https://localcolordyes.com/2017/08/18/past-speaking-engagements/)
- [Icy Queen Anne's Lace](https://localcolordyes.com/2018/08/07/icy-queen-annes-lace/)
- [More Madder on Cotton](https://localcolordyes.com/2018/08/05/more-madder-on-cotton/)
- [Tannin, Iron and Madder on Cotton](https://localcolordyes.com/2018/08/03/tannin-iron-and-madder-on-cotton/)
- [Weaving Star Work](https://localcolordyes.com/2018/01/13/weaving-star-work/)
- [Praying Mantis Egg Cases](https://localcolordyes.com/2017/12/17/praying-mantis-egg-cases/)
- [Goldenrod Ball Galls](https://localcolordyes.com/2017/12/09/goldenrod-ball-galls/)
- [Inside-Outside Part Two](https://localcolordyes.com/2017/11/30/inside-outside-part-two/)
- [Inside-Outside](https://localcolordyes.com/2017/11/26/inside-outside/)
- [Historic Eastfield Village 2017](https://localcolordyes.com/2017/10/05/historic-eastfield-village-2017/)
- [Electra Update Part Two](https://localcolordyes.com/2017/09/07/electra-update-part-two/)
- [Electra Progress Report Part One](https://localcolordyes.com/2017/08/23/electra-progress-report-part-one/)
- [Green Yarn](https://localcolordyes.com/2017/08/18/green-yarn/)
- [Swamp Milkweed Sightings](https://localcolordyes.com/2017/07/28/swamp-milkweed-sightings/)
- [Apocynum cannabinum on the Hadley Dike](https://localcolordyes.com/2017/07/28/apocynum-cannabinum-hadley-dike/)
- [Electra in Flower](https://localcolordyes.com/2017/07/25/electra-in-flower/)
- [Old Austerlitz](https://localcolordyes.com/2017/07/25/old-austerlitz/)
- [Ten More Pounds of Electra](https://localcolordyes.com/2017/05/13/ten-pounds-electra/)
- [Weeding Out Campion](https://localcolordyes.com/2017/05/13/weeding-out-campion/)
- [Planting Electra](https://localcolordyes.com/2017/05/13/planting-electra/)
- [Japanese Indigo Seedlings](https://localcolordyes.com/2017/05/13/japanese-indigo-seedlings/)
- [Farm School Dye Day](https://localcolordyes.com/2017/04/26/farm-school-dye-day/)
- [Spinning Flax](https://localcolordyes.com/2017/04/24/spinning-flax/)
- [Fiber Fiber Everywhere](https://localcolordyes.com/2017/04/18/fiber-fiber-everywhere/)
- [Testing Japanese Indigo Seed](https://localcolordyes.com/2017/04/17/testing-japanese-indigo-seed/)
- [Last Session on Saturday Afternoon](https://localcolordyes.com/2016/10/23/last-session-saturday-afternoon/)
- [Later on Saturday Morning at the Flax and Linen Symposium](https://localcolordyes.com/2016/10/20/later-saturday-morning-flax-linen-symposium/)
- [More About Saturday Afternoon at the Flax and Linen Symposium!](https://localcolordyes.com/2016/10/04/saturday-afternoon-flax-linen-symposium/)
- [Flax and Linen Symposium!](https://localcolordyes.com/2016/08/30/flax-linen-symposium/)
- [More About Woad](https://localcolordyes.com/2016/07/31/dye-plants-and-fiber-plants/)
- [Gleeful Woad Vat](https://localcolordyes.com/2016/07/30/gleeful-woad-vat/)
- [Exciting Lichen Information!](https://localcolordyes.com/2016/07/28/exciting-lichen-information/)
- [Last Straw(s)](https://localcolordyes.com/2016/07/19/last-straws/)
- [Nothing Works](https://localcolordyes.com/2016/07/18/nothing-works/)
- [Know Your Enemy, or Just Photograph Them](https://localcolordyes.com/2016/07/18/know-your-enemy-or-just-photograph-them/)
- [What Constitutes Evidence?](https://localcolordyes.com/2016/07/13/what-constitutes-evidence/)
- [Bloody 'ell!](https://localcolordyes.com/2016/06/23/bloody-ell/)
- [Pennyroyal Oil Is Not a Deterrent](https://localcolordyes.com/2016/06/21/pennyroyal-oil-is-not-a-deterrent/)
- [Something is Chewing my Flax](https://localcolordyes.com/2016/06/19/something-is-chewing-my-flax/)
- [Planting Flax 2016](https://localcolordyes.com/2016/05/14/planting-flax-2016/)
- [Winnowing and Wine Bottles](https://localcolordyes.com/2016/05/05/winnowing-and-wine-bottles/)
- [Low Humidity! April Vacation!](https://localcolordyes.com/2016/04/20/low-humidity-april-vacation/)
- [Magnification Technology Mach 2](https://localcolordyes.com/2016/04/20/magnification-technology-mach-2/)
- [Or, If it's April It's Time for Snow](https://localcolordyes.com/2016/04/04/or-if-its-april-its-time-for-snow/)
- [If It's April It Must Be Time to Plant Flax](https://localcolordyes.com/2016/04/04/if-its-april-it-must-be-time-to-plant-flax/)
- [Japanese Indigo and Frost](https://localcolordyes.com/2016/02/08/japanese-indigo-and-frost/)
- [Wrapping Up A Loose End](https://localcolordyes.com/2016/01/02/wrapping-up-a-loose-end/)
- [What Are Those Bees Doing?](https://localcolordyes.com/2015/12/13/what-are-those-bees-doing/)
- [More About Flax Seed Maturity](https://localcolordyes.com/2015/11/22/more-about-flax-seed-maturity/)
- [Saving Flax Seed: Days to Maturity](https://localcolordyes.com/2015/11/14/saving-flax-seed-days-to-maturity/)
- [The Hurrier I Go](https://localcolordyes.com/2015/10/15/the-hurrier-i-go/)
- [Japanese Indigo Vat At Last](https://localcolordyes.com/2015/08/31/japanese-indigo-vat-at-last/)
- [Anti-Rodent Action](https://localcolordyes.com/2015/08/19/anti-rodent-action/)
- [Rodent Apocalypse](https://localcolordyes.com/2015/08/16/rodent-apocalypse/)
- [Flax Pollination and Isolation Part Two](https://localcolordyes.com/2015/07/31/flax-pollination-and-isolation-part-two/)
- [Flax Pollination and Isolation Part One](https://localcolordyes.com/2015/07/29/flax-pollination-and-isolation-part-one/)
- [Woad, Weld, Rain and Humidity](https://localcolordyes.com/2015/07/15/woad-weld-rain-and-humidity/)
- [Another Flax Update](https://localcolordyes.com/2015/06/23/another-flax-update/)
- [Exciting Flax Project!](https://localcolordyes.com/2015/06/11/exciting-flax-project/)
- [Japanese Indigo Take Two](https://localcolordyes.com/2015/05/04/japanese-indigo-take-two/)
- [Flax Springs Eternal](https://localcolordyes.com/2015/04/27/flax-springs-eternal/)
- [Japanese Indigo Take One](https://localcolordyes.com/2015/04/24/japanese-indigo-take-one/)
- [Purple Cloth](https://localcolordyes.com/2015/03/28/purple-cloth/)
- [Planning a Linen Warp](https://localcolordyes.com/2015/02/08/planning-a-linen-warp/)
- [Handspun Louet Flax Top](https://localcolordyes.com/2015/02/08/handspun-louet-flax-top/)
- [Asclepias incarnata and Amsonia tabernaemontana](https://localcolordyes.com/2014/08/22/asclepias-incarnata-and-amsonia-tabernaemontana/)
- [Bookmark Success!](https://localcolordyes.com/2015/01/10/bookmark-success/)
- [Bookmark Failures (Successes Coming Soon)](https://localcolordyes.com/2015/01/03/bookmark-failures-successes-coming-soon/)
- [Three Bags Full](https://localcolordyes.com/2014/12/06/three-bags-full/)
- [Seeds and Life and Death](https://localcolordyes.com/2014/10/30/seeds-and-life-and-death/)
- [Japanese Indigo Harvest](https://localcolordyes.com/2014/10/24/japanese-indigo-harvest/)
- [Weld Harvest](https://localcolordyes.com/2014/10/24/weld-harvest/)
- [Fun at the Faire](https://localcolordyes.com/2014/10/05/fun-at-the-faire/)
- [Japanese Indigo Is Flowering](https://localcolordyes.com/2014/09/14/japanese-indigo-is-flowering/)
- [I Am Pleased With My Linen Yarns](https://localcolordyes.com/2014/09/07/i-am-pleased-with-my-linen-yarns/)
- [Weld is Flowering and Proliferating](https://localcolordyes.com/2014/08/24/weld-is-flowering-and-proliferating/)
- [Flax Dressing Photos](https://localcolordyes.com/2014/08/24/flax-dressing-photos/)
- [Low Humidity is Good for Dressing Flax](https://localcolordyes.com/2014/08/20/low-humidity-is-good-for-dressing-flax/)
- [First Woad Vat of 2014](https://localcolordyes.com/2014/08/13/first-woad-vat-of-2014/)
- [Marigolds at the Massachusetts Sheep and Woolcraft Fair](https://localcolordyes.com/2014/06/08/marigolds-at-the-massachusetts-sheep-and-woolcraft-fair/)
- [Sunday at Sheep and Wool](https://localcolordyes.com/2014/05/25/sunday-at-sheep-and-wool/)
- [Massachusetts Sheep and Woolcraft Fair 2014](https://localcolordyes.com/2014/05/25/massachusetts-sheep-and-woolcraft-fair-2014/)
- [Microscopic Fiber Images](https://localcolordyes.com/2014/04/28/microscopic-fiber-images/)
- [Exhausting the Orange Cosmos](https://localcolordyes.com/2014/04/07/exhausting-the-orange-cosmos/)
- [Exhausting the Weld Bath Part Two](https://localcolordyes.com/2014/04/07/exhausting-the-weld-bath-part-two/)
- [Exhausting the Weld Bath--Part One](https://localcolordyes.com/2014/03/23/exhausting-the-weld-bath-part-one/)
- [Massachusetts Agriculture in the Classroom](https://localcolordyes.com/2014/03/19/massachusetts-agriculture-in-the-classroom/)
- [Madder the Inexhaustible Subject Matter](https://localcolordyes.com/2014/01/04/madder-the-inexhaustible-subject-matter/)
- [Newfangled Magnification Technology](https://localcolordyes.com/2014/01/28/newfangled-magnification-technology/)
- [Plough Monday](https://localcolordyes.com/2014/01/04/plough-monday/)
- [Madder the Inexhaustible Root--Part Two: Pink](https://localcolordyes.com/2013/11/30/madder-the-inexhaustible-root-part-two-pink/)
- [Madder the Inexhaustible Root--Part One: Orange](https://localcolordyes.com/2013/11/29/madder-the-inexhaustible-root-part-one-orange/)
- [Rinsing and Drying Madder Roots](https://localcolordyes.com/2013/11/11/rinsing-and-drying-madder-roots/)
- [Smitten The Pippi Pie](https://localcolordyes.com/2013/10/29/smitten-the-pippi-pie/)
- [Hemming and Hanging](https://localcolordyes.com/2013/10/06/hemming-and-hanging/)
- [Animal, Vegetable, Mineral](https://localcolordyes.com/2013/09/28/animal-vegetable-mineral/)
- [Small Woad Vat](https://localcolordyes.com/2013/09/01/small-woad-vat/)
- [An Abundance of Marigolds](https://localcolordyes.com/2013/09/01/an-abundance-of-marigolds/)
- [Deciding on Colors for a New Rya](https://localcolordyes.com/2013/08/27/deciding-on-colors-for-a-new-rya/)
- [Green and Yellow Rya](https://localcolordyes.com/2013/08/18/green-and-yellow-rya/)
- [Lichen-Dyed Rya](https://localcolordyes.com/2013/08/13/lichen-dyed-rya/)
- [Woad Gets Club Root](https://localcolordyes.com/2013/08/01/woad-gets-club-root/)
- [Woad Blue Rya](https://localcolordyes.com/2013/07/30/woad-blue-rya/)
- [Orange Cosmos Rya](https://localcolordyes.com/2013/07/01/orange-cosmos-rya/)
- [Saving Woad Seeds](https://localcolordyes.com/2013/06/30/saving-woad-seeds/)
- [Massachusetts Sheep and Woolcraft Fair](https://localcolordyes.com/2013/06/29/massachusetts-sheep-and-woolcraft-fair/)
- [Flax is Up](https://localcolordyes.com/2013/05/10/flax-is-up-2/)
- [Too Short Warp](https://localcolordyes.com/2013/04/30/too-short-warp/)
- [Madder is Up](https://localcolordyes.com/2013/04/13/madder-is-up/)
- [Easter Egg](https://localcolordyes.com/2013/03/31/easter-egg/)
- [Nest Rya](https://localcolordyes.com/2013/03/24/nest-rya/)
- [Finished Rya](https://localcolordyes.com/2013/03/09/finished-rya/)
- [New Hop Vine Books](https://localcolordyes.com/2013/03/03/new-hop-vine-books/)
- [Re-Weaving the Rya](https://localcolordyes.com/2013/02/16/re-weaving-the-rya/)
- [Rya Knots](https://localcolordyes.com/2013/02/08/rya-knots/)
- [Rya Weaving](https://localcolordyes.com/2013/02/07/rya-weaving/)
- [Possible Rock Day Antecedents](https://localcolordyes.com/2013/01/10/possible-rock-day-antecedents/)
- [Rock Day Part Two](https://localcolordyes.com/2013/01/08/rock-day-part-two/)
- [Rock Day](https://localcolordyes.com/2013/01/07/rock-day/)
- [Jack Frost Bookmarks](https://localcolordyes.com/2012/12/31/jack-frost-bookmarks/)
- [Woad Dyed Snowflake Bookmarks in Huck Lace](https://localcolordyes.com/2012/12/28/woad-dyed-snowflake-bookmarks-in-huck-lace/)
- [Hop Vine Color and Design](https://localcolordyes.com/2012/12/08/more-hop-vine-cloth/)
- [More Hop Vine and A Color Theory Question](https://localcolordyes.com/2012/11/26/more-hop-vine-and-a-color-theory-question/)
- [Hop Vine Books](https://localcolordyes.com/2012/11/23/hop-vine-books/)
- [Guild Presentation](https://localcolordyes.com/2012/11/18/guild-presentation/)
- [Rhinebeck and the Brothers Zinzendorf](https://localcolordyes.com/2012/10/29/rhinebeck-and-the-brothers-zinzendorf/)
- [First Frost and Woad Thoughts](https://localcolordyes.com/2012/10/13/first-frost-and-woad-thoughts/)
- [Recent Books](https://localcolordyes.com/2012/10/08/recent-books/)
- [To Ripple or Not to Ripple](https://localcolordyes.com/2012/09/30/to-ripple-or-not-to-ripple/)
- [Orange Cosmos (Cosmos sulphureus)](https://localcolordyes.com/2012/09/16/orange-cosmos-cosmos-sulphureus/)
- [Dressing Flax](https://localcolordyes.com/2012/08/25/dressing-flax/)
- [Another Woad Vat](https://localcolordyes.com/2012/08/24/another-woad-vat/)
- [Last Year's Flax is Retted](https://localcolordyes.com/2012/08/24/last-years-flax-is-retted/)
- [Yarrow (Achillea)](https://localcolordyes.com/2012/08/14/yarrow-achillea/)
- [More Queen Anne's Lace](https://localcolordyes.com/2012/08/14/more-queen-annes-lace/)
- [Michelle's Excellent Flax Adventure](https://localcolordyes.com/2012/08/14/michelles-excellent-flax-adventure/)
- [New Flax Retting Tank](https://localcolordyes.com/2012/07/30/new-flax-retting-tank/)
- [Retting Last Year's Flax](https://localcolordyes.com/2012/07/29/retting-last-years-flax/)
- [Flax Harvest at Amethyst Farm](https://localcolordyes.com/2012/07/29/flax-harvest-at-amethyst-farm/)
- [Marilyn at Amethyst Brook](https://localcolordyes.com/2012/07/27/marilyn-at-amethyst-brook/)
- [Queen Anne's Lace and Woad](https://localcolordyes.com/2012/07/27/queen-annes-lace-and-woad/)
- [More Flax Harvesting at Amethyst Brook](https://localcolordyes.com/2012/07/24/more-flax-harvesting-at-amethyst-brook/)
- [Flax Harvest at Amethyst Brook](https://localcolordyes.com/2012/07/23/flax-harvest-at-amethyst-brook/)
- [Flax Harvest at Small Ones Farm](https://localcolordyes.com/2012/07/23/flax-harvest-at-small-ones-farm/)
- [Woad Vat Mishap](https://localcolordyes.com/2012/07/23/woad-vat-mishap/)
- [Doubleweave Pick-Up](https://localcolordyes.com/2012/07/22/doubleweave-pick-up/)
- [Colonial Doubleweave](https://localcolordyes.com/2012/07/17/colonial-doubleweave/)
- [Woad Has Enemies](https://localcolordyes.com/2012/07/07/woad-has-enemies/)
- [Woad is Glorious](https://localcolordyes.com/2012/07/06/woad-is-glorious/)
- [Mystery Cordage Plant Identified](https://localcolordyes.com/2012/07/04/mystery-cordage-plant-identified/)
- [Flattened Flax](https://localcolordyes.com/2012/06/29/flattened-flax/)
- [Cat Nap Beds or Crop Circles](https://localcolordyes.com/2012/06/28/cat-nap-beds-or-crop-circles/)
- [Mystery Cordage Photos](https://localcolordyes.com/2012/06/28/mystery-cordage-photos/)
- [Flax Blossom Image Gallery](https://localcolordyes.com/2012/06/20/flax-blossom-image-gallery/)
- [Photographing Bees](https://localcolordyes.com/2012/06/19/photographing-bees/)
- [More Flax Blossoms](https://localcolordyes.com/2012/06/16/more-flax-blossoms/)
- [Flax is Starting to Flower](https://localcolordyes.com/2012/06/13/flax-is-starting-to-flower/)
- [Dishtowels for Pioneer Valley Weavers' Guild](https://localcolordyes.com/2012/06/12/dishtowels-for-pioneer-valley-weavers-guild/)
- [Woad Seed Germination Experiments](https://localcolordyes.com/2012/05/29/woad-seed-germination-experiments/)
- [Planting Woad At Last](https://localcolordyes.com/2012/05/29/planting-woad-at-last/)
- [Flax Likes Rain](https://localcolordyes.com/2012/05/25/flax-likes-rain/)
- [Flax Grids: Evelin at Amethyst Brook](https://localcolordyes.com/2012/05/20/flax-grids-evelin-at-amethyst-brook/)
- [Flax Grids: Marylin at Amethyst Brook](https://localcolordyes.com/2012/05/20/flax-grids-marylin-at-amethyst-brook/)
- [Microscope Images of Flax Fibers](https://localcolordyes.com/2012/05/20/microscope-images-of-flax-fibers/)
- [Flax Grids: "Variety Not Specified" at Amethyst Brook](https://localcolordyes.com/2012/05/20/flax-grids-variety-not-specified-at-amethyst-brook/)
- [Flax Grids: "Variety Not Specified" at Amethyst Farm](https://localcolordyes.com/2012/05/18/flax-grids-variety-not-specified-at-amethyst-farm/)
- [Flax Grids: Evelin at Amethyst Farm](https://localcolordyes.com/2012/05/15/flax-grids-evelin-at-amethyst-farm/)
- [Flax Grids: "Variety Not Specified" at Small Ones Farm](https://localcolordyes.com/2012/05/14/flax-grids-variety-not-specified-at-small-ones-farm/)
- [Belated Photos of Flax Grids: Evelin at Small Ones Farm](https://localcolordyes.com/2012/05/14/belated-photos-of-flax-grids-evelin-at-small-ones-farm/)
- [Cat in the Flax](https://localcolordyes.com/2012/05/07/cat-in-the-flax/)
- [Ahh, Wood Thrushes are Back](https://localcolordyes.com/2012/05/04/ahh-wood-thrushes-are-back/)
- [New Huck Lace Bookmarks--Still Pink, Still Heart-y](https://localcolordyes.com/2012/05/02/new-huck-lace-bookmarks-still-pink-still-heart-y/)
- [Flax Is Up!](https://localcolordyes.com/2012/04/25/flax-is-up/)
- [Earth Day: Planting, Watering, and Waiting for Emergence](https://localcolordyes.com/2012/04/22/earth-day-planting-watering-and-waiting-for-emergence/)
- [Exhausted Madder and Exhausted with my Warp](https://localcolordyes.com/2012/03/22/exhausted-madder-and-exhausted-with-my-warp/)
- [Madder Exhaust with Bleached Cotton](https://localcolordyes.com/2012/03/19/madder-exhaust-with-bleached-cotton/)
- [Madder Dyed Yarns](https://localcolordyes.com/2012/03/14/madder-dyed-yarns/)
- [Madder and Flavoparmelia Dyebaths](https://localcolordyes.com/2012/03/04/madder-and-flavoparmelia-dyebaths/)
- [New Umbilicate Vats](https://localcolordyes.com/2012/03/02/new-umbilicate-vats/)
- [February 29th, 2012](https://localcolordyes.com/2012/02/29/february-29th-2012/)
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- [What's a Lichen?](https://localcolordyes.com/2012/02/22/whats-a-lichen/)
- [A Tale of Lichen and Weird Winter Weather (Part Six)](https://localcolordyes.com/2012/02/22/a-tale-of-lichen-and-weird-winter-weather-part-six/)
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- [A Tale of Lichen and Weird Winter Weather (Parts One, Two and Three)](https://localcolordyes.com/2012/02/07/a-tale-of-lichen-and-weird-winter-weather-parts-one-two-and-three/)
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- [Black Walnut Dye Project](https://localcolordyes.com/2011/12/15/black-walnut-dye-project/)
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- [The Parable of the Weld Seed - Part 2](https://localcolordyes.com/2011/10/10/the-parable-of-the-weld-seed-part-2/)
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- [So Far So Good-Flax 2019](https://localcolordyes.com/2019/05/21/so-far-so-good-flax-2019/)
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- [Tannin, Copper, and Weld on Cotton](https://localcolordyes.com/2018/08/04/tannin-copper-and-weld-on-cotton/)
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- [Early Saturday Morning at the Flax and Linen Symposium!](https://localcolordyes.com/2016/10/19/early-saturday-morning-flax-linen-symposium/)
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