Good things about this time of year

[cupcake_goth]

I am not a fan of summer. I have whined at length about that. But! This is the time of year where when I think "Oooh, I want some blackberries", I can wander out into my back yard and pick a huge bowlful of them in 5 minutes.

Comments

[blackthornpixie.livejournal.com]

there are companies that sell dye setters for natural dyes like that online if you ever want to try it

[tutneko.livejournal.com]

Yeah, but the smell of boiling Blackberries is so wonderful, why buy the dye when you can make it?

[blackthornpixie.livejournal.com]

Oh, I must have not been clear... I did not mean one should be buying the dye, just the solutions sold so that the color will not wash out even with stain lifters. I suppose one might also try the recipes for dye from medieval linens, but those often include nasty stinky animal fats.

I use the setter with the dye from my roses and it seems to work well, but for now it's name escapes me (as does the box I have kicking around in my mass of projects).

[tutneko.livejournal.com]

Well that's better, I just hope it doesn't smell, I would do many more pinking projects if it didn't.