{"id":1878,"date":"2018-09-30T15:13:43","date_gmt":"2018-09-30T19:13:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ivivaolenick.com\/?p=1878"},"modified":"2018-09-30T15:13:43","modified_gmt":"2018-09-30T19:13:43","slug":"indigo-grew-all-summer-dye-experiments-began","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ivivaolenick.com\/?p=1878","title":{"rendered":"Indigo grew all summer. Dye experiments began."},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1879\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1879\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ivivaolenick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/soaking-leaves.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1879\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ivivaolenick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/soaking-leaves-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.ivivaolenick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/soaking-leaves-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.ivivaolenick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/soaking-leaves-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.ivivaolenick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/soaking-leaves-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.ivivaolenick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/soaking-leaves-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1879\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Indigo leaves need to soak in covered warm water until the color of the liquid turns to antifreeze and leaves have a fermented, fruity smell. It helps to weight down the leaves, as they will pop up above the water.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1880\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1880\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ivivaolenick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/before-agitation-fermented-leaf-water.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1880\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ivivaolenick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/before-agitation-fermented-leaf-water-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.ivivaolenick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/before-agitation-fermented-leaf-water-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.ivivaolenick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/before-agitation-fermented-leaf-water-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.ivivaolenick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/before-agitation-fermented-leaf-water-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.ivivaolenick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/before-agitation-fermented-leaf-water-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1880\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">When the liquid from fermented leaves turns this color, it&#8217;s time to remove the leaves, add an alkaline substance, historically slaked lime (or pickling lime), and agitate the bath. This is before agitation or the addition of lime.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1881\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1881\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ivivaolenick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/fermenting-indigo-leabes.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1881\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ivivaolenick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/fermenting-indigo-leabes-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.ivivaolenick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/fermenting-indigo-leabes-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.ivivaolenick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/fermenting-indigo-leabes-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.ivivaolenick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/fermenting-indigo-leabes-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.ivivaolenick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/fermenting-indigo-leabes-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1881\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The surface of fermented leaves can look a bit iridescent, with hints of blue.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1882\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1882\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ivivaolenick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/frothing-fermented-leaf-water.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1882\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ivivaolenick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/frothing-fermented-leaf-water-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.ivivaolenick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/frothing-fermented-leaf-water-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.ivivaolenick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/frothing-fermented-leaf-water-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.ivivaolenick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/frothing-fermented-leaf-water-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.ivivaolenick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/frothing-fermented-leaf-water-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1882\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Once the liquid has been aerated (beaten with a whisk, poured between containers or agitated with an immersion blender), you it will froth and foam and turn blue.<br \/>The amount of slaked lime added is 1 tsp per 1 gallon of liquid.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1883\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1883\" style=\"width: 576px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ivivaolenick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Handkerchiefs_eml.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1883\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ivivaolenick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Handkerchiefs_eml.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"576\" height=\"397\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.ivivaolenick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Handkerchiefs_eml.jpg 576w, http:\/\/www.ivivaolenick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Handkerchiefs_eml-300x207.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1883\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">While technically, the PH adjusted, agitated liquid is not a dye bath, I was so excited to have blue liquid, that I began dipping fabrics in&#8230;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1369],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1878","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-crowd-seeded-new-york-indigo-farm"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ivivaolenick.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1878","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ivivaolenick.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ivivaolenick.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ivivaolenick.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ivivaolenick.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1878"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.ivivaolenick.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1878\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ivivaolenick.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1878"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ivivaolenick.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1878"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ivivaolenick.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1878"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}