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Its main function , which is to brighten a color , can be achieved by first dyeing the yarn , next adding tin to the dyebath , and then dyeing the yarn for a bit longer . This procedure reduces the length of time the tin will act on the ...
Its main function , which is to brighten a color , can be achieved by first dyeing the yarn , next adding tin to the dyebath , and then dyeing the yarn for a bit longer . This procedure reduces the length of time the tin will act on the ...
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If you want a lighter color than produced in the recipe , simmer the yarn for a shorter time . Another method is to use the same dyebath two or three times ( lighter colors will be produced each time ) . If a darker color is desired ...
If you want a lighter color than produced in the recipe , simmer the yarn for a shorter time . Another method is to use the same dyebath two or three times ( lighter colors will be produced each time ) . If a darker color is desired ...
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Opposite each variation of color , write the name of the mordant or mordants used and any other pertinent information . The sheet for madder might look like this : MADDER Yarn Samples Premordant Additive Alum None Alum Tin Chorme None ...
Opposite each variation of color , write the name of the mordant or mordants used and any other pertinent information . The sheet for madder might look like this : MADDER Yarn Samples Premordant Additive Alum None Alum Tin Chorme None ...
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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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