Wild Cherry Bark and Twigs

Despite the winter chill and lack of plants suitable for dyeing, February's stash of yarns is slowly beginning to grow. Here is a set of skeins I dyed using the clippings from a wild cherry tree that grows in Loughton's linear park. At this time of year, the tree looks stark and bare, but in a few weeks time it will be loaded with cherry blossom, a sure sign that Spring is here. From the left, the fibres were mordanted with alum, copper, alum plus tin and alum plus iron. My four skein method continues to yield results.