tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12698509.post1879221235574181871..comments2024-01-18T02:41:13.646-08:00Comments on Damselfly’s Delights: Coreopsis ConclusionsLouisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11685532773952211627noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12698509.post-67709726552758985672008-10-15T06:41:00.000-07:002008-10-15T06:41:00.000-07:00The experimenting is so much fun! Now what I reall...The experimenting is so much fun! Now what I really want to know is how they figured out how to get blue from plants. It's so complicated and they didn't have handy bottles of chemicals to use. Every time I do an indigo or woad vat I'm impressed anew with our ancestors' ability to figure things out without understanding the science involved. Getting blue is true magic!Louisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11685532773952211627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12698509.post-20433872892554927602008-10-14T20:20:00.000-07:002008-10-14T20:20:00.000-07:00I love these colors! It strikes me how very much ...I love these colors! It strikes me how very much people wanted to dress NOT in just plain old sheep and linen colors, to go to all this trouble in the Olden Days. And also: I think of all the nasty things they must have boiled up on the chance that some pretty colors might come out of it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12698509.post-17340718097590493212008-10-12T14:03:00.000-07:002008-10-12T14:03:00.000-07:00This is great info for me - I've just started lear...This is great info for me - I've just started learning about natural dyeing. I'll be sure to plant some coreopsis next year :)magnusmoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03847120014074323074noreply@blogger.com