The following websites have natural dye stuffs for sale, information about growing dye plants, or both.
- Aurora Silk
Cheryl Kolander’s very informative website (based in Portland, OR) with supplies for sale, and helpful FAQs and how-to instructions. - Earth Guild
Asheville, NC source for natural dye materials and on-line instructions (downloadable PDFs). - Earthhues
Seattle based company founded by Michele Wipplinger. Earthues has developed a line of extracts and other products from fair-trade sources around the world. They have conducted extensive laboratory testing and research and offer very reliable guidelines for natural dyeing procedures. - Fibershed
Founded by Rebecca Burgess in California, is a very interesting project that is building a regional textile infrastructure, similar to the values and goals of the local food movement. - Fiery Felts
Based in Wales, Helen Melvin has self-published a number of books on natural dyeing. - India Flint
Australian eco-dyer India Flint’s website. - Griffin Dyeworks & Fiber Arts
Bjo Trimble’s site with good information on mordants and assists, supplies for sale, and a blog with a variety of projects. - Long Ridge Farm
Nancy Zeller is New Hamsphire-based vendor of Earthues products as well as other natural dye materials, shepherd, knitter, artist, and otherwise inspiring person. - Maiwa
Based in Canada, this organization promotes artisans around the world and has produced some fascinating documentaries about traditional natural dyes. - Kimberly Baxter Packwood
Great information on using natural dyes for surface design on cloth. - Village Spinning & Weaving
Natural dyeing and other fiber supplies, Solvang, CA. - Wild Colours
Teresinha Roberts (based in the UK) has assembled a very informative website for growing and using dye plants. She has a wealth of information and a lot of useful links. - Woad Centre
A fun site with a lot of good information about woad, which is one of two plants that can be grown in our climate that produce the same blue as indigo (a tropical and sub-tropical plant, alas).