If you're in to ad-free reading material with fun cooking and craft tutorials as well as heartfelt essays and recipes, then please check out Taproot Magazine! I wrote a natural silk dyeing tutorial for issue 56 entitled "Cultivate" on shelves now and available for purchase and subscription through their website.
I've been dyeing silk for over a decade and sell rainbow silk sets in my etsy toy shop Little Raven Toys. The tutorial included in Taproot is a little different however, I give a run down of how to dye silk with natural food based ingredients, including beets, turmeric, spirulina and blueberries. Each ingredient creates a unique earthy color that's set with all natural white distilled vinegar. This tutorial is little helper friendly and can be a really fun spring activity for moms and kids.
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To source your materials just use grocery store food items and buy your silk from my favorite supplier, Dharma Trading. I use the ladies silk handkerchiefs in the 11" x 11" size, though you could buy any size you desire. Just keep in mind larger silks will need more dye, and a larger dye pot.
This issue also contains some fantastic recipes, essays, and a gorgeous knitting pattern. I'm really proud to be associated with this female led publication and hope to write more for them in the future. You can find this issue at select stockists and libraries, there is a directory by state for local sources here.
