Scarf Kendal Green mesa Large satin silk scrunchie dyed

Large satin silk scrunchie dyed with oak acorns and printed with cosmos flowers

GOTS certified

it is almost impossible to get a good green dye

Dyed with madder roots and printed with logwood chips and marigold flowers

Scarf Kendal Green mesa Large satin silk scrunchie dyedScarf made of 100% satin silk. The Kendal green was a colour obtained in Middle Age from dyeing cloth with weld (Reseda luteola) and then overdye with and indigo bearing plant, like woad or indigo, to turn it into green. Although green is the most abundant colour in nature, it is almost impossible to get a good green dye. There are some exceptions but the general rule it is that green is very quickly degraded once out of the plant. Thus, green is