In class, we have been learning about the uses of plants. We experimented with some plant material by creating our own natural dyes. First we hypothesised what colour dye each plant would make. After that, we created our dye, soaked some cotton with a fixer (salt) and then dyed our material.

We also were lucky enough to be visited by a local knitting business owner, Donna Smith, who uses natural dyes to colour her products. She told us all about the process of her using local plant materials to dye her knitwear.