Results from the Gorse Dye Bath

Gathering whole plant tops proved much easier and less painful than trying to harvest just the gorse petals. I soon filled my basket. Took the gorse straight home to the kitchen and simmered the plant stuff for an hour, before straining off the stewed tops and substituting my pre-mordanted skeins. The results are not quite as lemon yellow as the skeins dyed with daffodils, but the skein assisted with tin came up trumps as usual, and gave me a lovely golden sunshine yellow. I'm still digging gorse prickles out of my fingers, though!