Apple Oak Fibre Works Reseda (Weld) Dye Kit Review

I really do love a good natural dye kit. On my quest to try all the Apple Oak Fibre Works kits, I’ve landed on Reseda, also called weld. This is apparently the oldest known dye plant. I’m super into it because, well, I love natural dyeing, but reseda is extra cool because I get to feel super connected to history and remember that things weren’t as brown as we all think they were.
This kit was exactly like all the other Apple Oak Fibre kits. It’s plastic-free, came with everything you need, great instructions….

EXCEPT….

this one didn’t come with a modifier. Looking on the website I realize now it doesn’t say it comes with one, so it’s on me. At the same time, the instructions mention iron, and the rhubarb one came with two modifiers, so it feels a bit… underwhelming.

To be fair, out of every kit I’ve done so far this is the only time I’ve felt that way.

I used their sock base which is 60% wool, 20% silk, and 20% ramie fibre.

I’ve tried taking photos of this in every light with and without flash but nothing quite gets the glowiness it gives. It’s almost electric.
So, while I love this yellow and think it will make the sunniest, most fun pair of socks, I also don’t know if I want to do 3 pairs in the same colour.

So, my instinct is to keep back two skeins and half and half one of the indigo kit- which apparently dyes 900g of fibre as opposed to the 300g of all the other kits. Apparently, when overdyed with indigo you get that gorgeous Robin Hood green.

I’m left in a bit of a conundrum with this kit. At the end of the day, it did what it says and I had a lot of fun doing it so yeah, I recommend it but I’m still a bit upset about not including a modifier. It felt a bit less magical not having the colour changing at the end.