Navajo Tea is also known as Greenthread, and cota amongst other names. This traditional medicinal and dye plant is native to North America. It yields beautiful shades from yellow to coral-orange.
Use Navajo Tea at 25-50% WOF. Weigh out the dyestuff and cover it with water in a dye pot. Bring the temperature up to a low simmer and hold it there for an hour to extract the dye. Strain off the dyestuff and reserve the dye liquid. Add the fibers to the dye bath and bring the temperature up to a low simmer. Hold the temperature for an hour, then let the fibers cool in the dye bath.
Check out our blog where Sara shares many free natural dye recipes and tutorials.
Grown, harvested, and cured by Sara here in southwestern Colorado on Ancient Future Farm. Our family has been tending this land and soil with regenerative growing methods since 2005. Our soil is nurtured through extensive cover cropping and our crops are fertilized with compost that we make right here on site. We never use synthetic chemicals such as herbicides, pesticides, chemical fertilizers, or fungicides. Our dye flowers are harvested every day by hand when they reach their optimal potential and then carefully cured in our curing room out of direct sunlight. All of our natural dyestuffs are packaged in heat sealed envelopes to keep them fresh. For best results we recommend using them within a year.
Navajo Tea is also known as Greenthread, and cota amongst other names. This traditional medicinal and dye plant is native to North America. It yields beautiful shades from yellow to coral-orange.
Use Navajo Tea at 25-50% WOF. Weigh out the dyestuff and cover it with water in a dye pot. Bring the temperature up to a low simmer and hold it there for an hour to extract the dye. Strain off the dyestuff and reserve the dye liquid. Add the fibers to the dye bath and bring the temperature up to a low simmer. Hold the temperature for an hour, then let the fibers cool in the dye bath.
Check out our blog where Sara shares many free natural dye recipes and tutorials.
Grown, harvested, and cured by Sara here in southwestern Colorado on Ancient Future Farm. Our family has been tending this land and soil with regenerative growing methods since 2005. Our soil is nurtured through extensive cover cropping and our crops are fertilized with compost that we make right here on site. We never use synthetic chemicals such as herbicides, pesticides, chemical fertilizers, or fungicides. Our dye flowers are harvested every day by hand when they reach their optimal potential and then carefully cured in our curing room out of direct sunlight. All of our natural dyestuffs are packaged in heat sealed envelopes to keep them fresh. For best results we recommend using them within a year.
