{"product_id":"gardenia-pods-natural-dye-per-ounce","title":"Gardenia Pods Natural Dye per Ounce","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhole dried gardenia fruit (\u003cem\u003eGardenia jasminoides\u003c\/em\u003e), also sold as cape jasmine or zhi zi. It's been a yellow dye in China and Japan for centuries, and the color comes from crocin, the same pigment that makes saffron yellow.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn wool and silk it gives a bright, warm yellow with no mordant at all. An alum mordant is optional there and helps the color hold longer in light. Cotton and linen take a softer lemon, and they do best scoured, tannined and alum mordanted first. Overdye with indigo for clear greens.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eUsing the pods\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCrush the pods so the seeds and pulp are open, then simmer them in water to pull the color. Strain out the pieces.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAdd wet fiber and hold the bath hot but below a boil for about an hour and a half. Leave it to cool in the bath overnight for a deeper shade.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFor a strong yellow, use about the same weight of pods as dry fiber. Use less for pale lemons.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSold by the ounce as whole pods.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Paradise Fibers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45620067106992,"sku":"PF-DYE-GARD","price":4.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1169\/5498\/files\/gardenia-pods-natural-dye.webp?v=1790714028","url":"https:\/\/paradisefibers.com\/products\/gardenia-pods-natural-dye-per-ounce","provider":"Paradise Fibers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}