Most people are familiar with indigo dye, because it is used to make your jeans blue! Indigo is a plant based dye, but you dye with it a little differently than most other natural dyes. This is because indigo in …

Food Coloring Dye A lot of unconventional dyes, typically used as food colorings, can quite effectively dye protein based fibers such as wool, alpaca, or silk. These dyes are inexpensive, available at a grocery store, and nontoxic. So dyeing with …

Dyeing in a Crock Pot Many dyes aren’t food safe, so you don’t want to eat out of a pot that you used earlier for dyeing. Instead, go to a thrift store and find an old crock pot that you …