Bamboo Osage Orange Socks

Bamboo Socks Dyed With Osage Orange Natural Dye

Since you saw the Osage Orange Chiffon Scarf yesterday, you can contrast the color difference with these Osage Orange dyed socks.  These were actually batched for a much longer time (ie over night or all day, vs. about two hours) and yet the color is more brilliant on silk than bamboo.  Plant fibers are great because they are vegan and don't have as much impact on the food chain.  But plant fibers just don't take color the way wool and silk do.  These ladies socks were custom ordered and I can make you a pair in some pastel tone such as peach/salmon or soft yellow as here.  Just send me an email or reach me at etsy by sending a conversation.

Osage Orange Dyed Silk Chiffon Ladies Scarf

Silk Scarf, dyed using Osage Orange

Dyeing using natural dyes is just an unpredictable adventure.  Here is an amazing piece.  I was dyeing a pair of bamboo custom socks for a friend in Oklahoma Food Cooperative, and had this osage orange dye made up so I thought I would test the results on silk and had a chiffon scarf that I could use.  The socks came out buttery, khaki and sort of lighter than I would have preferred.  (One can never be very unhappy with bamboo socks because they are just incredibly soft and comfy.)  But the scarf came out a rich yellow.  Actually, this outdoors pic doesn't show how bright and golden the color is.  Its darker yellow than lemons, and has subtle shading.  It reminds me that no two fibers will strike color the same.  Protein fibers always give more pow.  And though it is fussy and hard to work with, causing lots of waste and errors that cannot be corrected because the silk is delicate... it remains my favorite medium because there is always a surprise.