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Page 48
After soaking , bring the chips and water to a boil and let them boil vigorously for an hour . If the pan is covered during the boiling , there will be less evaporation from the bath . After boiling , remove the cheesecloth bag and add ...
After soaking , bring the chips and water to a boil and let them boil vigorously for an hour . If the pan is covered during the boiling , there will be less evaporation from the bath . After boiling , remove the cheesecloth bag and add ...
Page 104
Soak the hulls for at least 24 hours ( it is preferable to soak them for several days or a week to shorten the boiling time ) . After soaking , boil the hulls and water vigorously in the covered pan . If the hulls have soaked for a week ...
Soak the hulls for at least 24 hours ( it is preferable to soak them for several days or a week to shorten the boiling time ) . After soaking , boil the hulls and water vigorously in the covered pan . If the hulls have soaked for a week ...
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although the boiling is a slow process , it must be dissolved completely in order to obtain an even dye . Add more water as evaporation occurs to maintain one cup of solution . A fresh cupful of this solution is required for maximum ...
although the boiling is a slow process , it must be dissolved completely in order to obtain an even dye . Add more water as evaporation occurs to maintain one cup of solution . A fresh cupful of this solution is required for maximum ...
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Contents
INTRODUCTION | 9 |
Recipes for Mordanting | 16 |
Preparing Yarn | 22 |
Copyright | |
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1/16 teaspoon iron 1/16 teaspoon tin 1/4 cup water 30 minutes according acid additional 15 minutes Allow the skeins Alum alum-mordanted wool 1/2 bark bath and simmer blue boiling bright bring brown cheesecloth Chrome clear water color cutch dark deeper Dissolve 1/16 teaspoon distribute it evenly dyebath 2 skeins dyebath and simmer dyed skeins gently for 30 green heat indigo leaves lichen madder mordants natural orange overnight Place plant powder Preparing the Dyebath produced purple quart dyebath quart of dye quart of dyebath quart of water quart water recipes Remove the skeins roots simmer for 30 simmer gently skeins alum-mordanted wool skeins and rinse skeins and set skeins of alum-mordanted skeins of unmordanted skeins to cool skeins unmordanted wool soak soapy water stirring to distribute tree turmeric unmordanted wool 1/2 unmordanted yarn vinegar warm water and add wet skeins wool 1/2 ounce yellow
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| Title | Ancient Dyes for Modern Weavers |
| Author | Palmy Weigle |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Watson-Guptill Publications, 1974 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 17 Dec 2007 |
| ISBN | 0823002233, 9780823002238 |
| Length | 128 pages |
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