A friend of mine sells hand dyed yarn and I found out one of the techniques is to steep Osage sawdust to make a dye. It looks great on wool...I plan to make some string silencers with it.

If I wanted to dye feathers....would they get ruined if they soaked in the dye for a long time?

I don't think so. I ran a rendering plant most of my life and early on in my career we were taking feathers from turkey plants. In order to break them down we actually had to pressure cook them for about twenty minutes. Feathers are pretty tough.

Nope, I've used Osage, Elderberry, coffee, and lots of other things.

You use it just like any other dye.Presoak your feathers to get them soft. Heat the dye to until it is warm, submerese thefeathers, add some vinegar as a fixative, and leave them until you get the color you want. Remove them from the dye and rinse under cold water to set the color.

Excellent. I'll quit burning my Osage shavings now

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