All parts of yew are poisonous so, rather than dyeing with yew in the kitchen I used an old slow-cooker in the cellar (these work very well whether the dyestuff is poisonous or not!). This dye bath hadn't yielded much colour after simmering for a couple of hours so the twigs were soaked and simmered on and off for 3 days. Lovely warm browns. Again: on silk, basic colour, acid modifier, alkaline, copper and iron.
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