Wild Dyes of the Pacific Northwest: A Forager's Guide to Colour from Plants, Mushrooms, and Lichens

The forests, gardens, and wild spaces of the Pacific Northwest hold an extraordinary hidden palette. Brilliant yellows sleep in goldenrod flowers and birch leaves. Deep reds wait in the roots of bedstraw and the caps of cortinarius mushrooms. Seafoam greens emerge from strange toothed fungi, and even blue can be coaxed from a common orange lichen.

Wild Dyes of the Pacific Northwest is your guide to discovering and using these natural colours, whether you call this region home, visit from time to time, or love to learn everything you can about natural dye sources and how to use them.

Inside, you'll find: 

• Detailed profiles of over 50 dye sources from plants, fungi, and lichens
• Step-by-step instructions for foraging, processing, mordanting, and dyeing animal fibres
• Colour samples showing results from different mordants and techniques
• Indigenous perspectives and traditional knowledge shared by Coast Salish weavers and Knowledge Keepers
• Ethical wildcrafting guidelines to ensure your foraging protects and honours the land
• Practical advice on equipment, workspace setup, safety, and troubleshooting

Each entry includes identification tips, habitat information, seasonal guidance, and specific ratios and techniques to achieve beautiful, lightfast colours.

More than just a dyeing manual, this book is an invitation to deepen your connection with the natural world, practice living heritage, and participate in a vibrant community of dyers creating colours from the earth.