Kit for natural dyeing at home with mordants and plant seeds to dye in the kitchen in a simple and fun way.

The gift box contains everything you need to grow dyeing plants (choose your favorite in the menu) at home, in the garden or in pots, with which you can dye fabrics or yarns with simple kitchen tools.

You can choose among:
- calendula officinalis & arvensis - marigold flowers (dye in yellow)
- tagete - tagetes flowers (dye in orange -yellow)
- aster flowers (dye in green) OUT OF STOCK
- cosmos sulphureus flowers (dye in orange) OUT OF STOCK
- cota tincoria - dyer's chamomile flowers (dye in yellow)

It's a very original gift for creative people who love nature and are attentive to the environment. Perfect if you want to approach the ancient technique of vegetable dye or to make a great figure giving this experience to someone you care about.

The kit is contained in a hand stamped kraft cardboard box:

- complete instructions in English
- a paper bag containing the mordant necessary for dyeing: natural and ecological rock alum, traditionally used since ancient times, sufficient to dye 50 grams of silk, wool, cotton or linen
- a biodegradable paper pot for sowing
- a peat disk to fill the jar
- a paper bag stamped by hand with the seeds (choose from menu) to be cultivated and with which to dye once flowered

With this kit you can grow the dyeing flowers or vegetable and use them to dye 50 grams of fabric or yarns in natural fibers like silk, wool, cotton or linen. The mordants are already weighed in the correct amount, ecological and natural, enough to dye, for example, a top or a silk scarf, or a wool skein, etc.

You will only need one old pot and spoon, not to be used for food; a pair of gloves; water and a stove.
It is suitable for use by school-aged children under the supervision of an adult.

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