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... dyebath . Preparing the Dyebath 1 ounce madder roots 2 quarts water Tie the chopped or powdered roots in a small cheesecloth bag and soak the bag in 2 quarts of water for about 12 hours ( or overnight ) . After the roots have soaked ...
... dyebath . Preparing the Dyebath 1 ounce madder roots 2 quarts water Tie the chopped or powdered roots in a small cheesecloth bag and soak the bag in 2 quarts of water for about 12 hours ( or overnight ) . After the roots have soaked ...
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Palmy Weigle. Preparing the Dyebath 1 ounce hemlock bark 1 quart water Cut the bark into small strips or pieces and tie it in a cheesecloth bag . Put it in 1 quart of water to soak for 24 hours . After soaking , boil the bark and water ...
Palmy Weigle. Preparing the Dyebath 1 ounce hemlock bark 1 quart water Cut the bark into small strips or pieces and tie it in a cheesecloth bag . Put it in 1 quart of water to soak for 24 hours . After soaking , boil the bark and water ...
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... Preparing the Dyebath 1/4 ounce saffron 1 quart water Tie the saffron in a loosely woven cheesecloth bag and soak it in 1 quart of water for several hours or overnight . The soaking time helps to draw the color out of the saffron so the ...
... Preparing the Dyebath 1/4 ounce saffron 1 quart water Tie the saffron in a loosely woven cheesecloth bag and soak it in 1 quart of water for several hours or overnight . The soaking time helps to draw the color out of the saffron so the ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 9 |
Recipes for Mordanting | 16 |
Preparing Yarn | 22 |
Copyright | |
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1/16 teaspoon iron 1/16 teaspoon tin 1/2 teaspoon copper 1/4 cup water 30 minutes additional 15 minutes alkanet Allow the skeins Alum alum-mordanted wool 1/2 alum-mordanted yarn annatto baking soda bath and simmer Black Walnut Bloodroot Brazilwood chrome-mordanted wool 1/2 chrome-mordanted yarn cream of tartar cutch Dissolve 1/16 teaspoon distribute it evenly dyebath 2 skeins dyebath and simmer dyed skeins gently for 30 indigo lichen madder mordant Place the wet pokeberries Preparing the Dyebath quart dyebath quart of dye quart of dyebath quart of water quart water Remove the skeins Replace the dyed safflower simmer for 30 simmer gently simmering point skeins alum-mordanted wool skeins and rinse skeins and set skeins chrome-mordanted wool skeins of alum-mordanted skeins of chrome-mordanted skeins of unmordanted skeins to cool skeins unmordanted wool soak soapy water stirring to distribute teaspoon copper sulfate turmeric unmordanted wool 1/2 unmordanted yarn water and add wet skeins wool 1/2 ounce