I’m really short on time and cant buy dye. Any other way?
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Food colouring won’t work. However some plant materials have been used as dyes for thousands of years. You usually get browns, brownish yellow, brownish green, and brownish red.
A few very common plants used as dye:
Grass= Green
Dandelion flowers= yellowish
dandelion roots= magenta
walnut husks=very dark brown
goldenrod, whole plant=yellow ochre
Beet roots=blood red
onion skins=brownish orange
strawberry fruit= bright pink (but it fades quickly)
Dyer’s polypore(a fungus)=rich reds and oranges
Dyers’ puffball (another fungus commonly called “dog turd fungus)=a variety of rich colours from bright purple to ruby red, depending on the ground where it grows.
Cortinarius “democybe sp.” (a group of woodland mushrooms) rich mahoganies, reds, and oranges depending on the species. Highly toxic.
Vinegar can be used as a mordant, that is, the chemical that sets the dye. Be very careful, many plants that are good for dyeing can be poisonous and can make you very sick or kill you if you drink the dye. The colours are nowhere near as brilliant as fibre reactive dyes from the craft store. Interestingly, dye kits from Michael’s are less toxic than many plant dyes. It’s also quite time consuming, many dye materials must soak for days to leach out the pigments, This next site lists many more plants that can be used for dyeing.:http://www.pioneerthinking.com/naturaldy…http://www.quazen.com/Recreation/Crafts/…http://www.essortment.com/all/naturaldye…
If you do not have dye, you cannot tie dye.
no other way