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Rehydrated pomegranate rinds, ready for grinding.​

Rehydrated pomegranate rinds, ready for grinding.​

Pomegranate Rind Dye | Natural Plant Dye

September 29, 2012

​My parents have a pomegranate tree that produces fruit slowly and steadily, so every few weeks I add one or two more rinds to a bag in my freezer. I had a full bag, so I dried out the rinds as much as possible in direct sunlight, and then got them completely dry in the oven on the lowest setting. When I was ready to make a batch of dye, I soaked the dried rinds overnight and then blended the rehydrated rinds with the soaking water in my Vitamix blender. The resulting pulp was strained through a mesh strainer, and then strained again through a piece of muslin fabric. It's extra work, but using dried rinds does make a difference - when I did a batch with fresh rinds last year, the results were much lighter. Because of the tannin content, pomegranate rinds can also be used as a mordant, so I mixed it with a batch of mint leaf dye and a batch of lemongrass leaf dye. 

Ground up pomegranate rinds, after the first straining - I had to strain it through a piece of muslin fabric to get all of the little bits you can see here out​.

Ground up pomegranate rinds, after the first straining - I had to strain it through a piece of muslin fabric to get all of the little bits you can see here out​.

​Photos of the dyed yarns to come!  If you are interested in using pomegranate rind and mint leaf botanical dyes, The Handbook of Natural Plant Dyes by Sasha Duerr has some general information about pomegranate rind and a recipe for mint leaf dye. 

In Botanical Dye, Hawaii, On My Bookshelf Tags natural dye, pomegranate, yarn, how to
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