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Palmy Weigle. Cutch BROWN ! Cutch , a dye made from the heartwood of the Acacia or Mimosa tree , was used in India long before the birth of Christ . The trees are native both to India and the East Indies . To make the cutch extract , the ...
Palmy Weigle. Cutch BROWN ! Cutch , a dye made from the heartwood of the Acacia or Mimosa tree , was used in India long before the birth of Christ . The trees are native both to India and the East Indies . To make the cutch extract , the ...
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... Cutch with Copper Sulfate ( Brown ) 1 cup cutch solution 1 quart water 2 skeins unmordanted wool ( 1/2 ounce each ) Place the 2 wet skeins of unmordanted yarn in 1 quart of water and bring it near the boiling point ( about 190 ° F ...
... Cutch with Copper Sulfate ( Brown ) 1 cup cutch solution 1 quart water 2 skeins unmordanted wool ( 1/2 ounce each ) Place the 2 wet skeins of unmordanted yarn in 1 quart of water and bring it near the boiling point ( about 190 ° F ...
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... cutch dyebath and simmer for 30 minutes . Remove the skein and rinse it completely . The yarn will be a dark brown . 122. Alder plus Cutch ( Brown ) Dye a skein tan according to Recipe 110 ( Alder Bark with Alum ) . Rinse the skein ...
... cutch dyebath and simmer for 30 minutes . Remove the skein and rinse it completely . The yarn will be a dark brown . 122. Alder plus Cutch ( Brown ) Dye a skein tan according to Recipe 110 ( Alder Bark with Alum ) . Rinse the skein ...
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INTRODUCTION | 9 |
Recipes for Mordanting | 16 |
Preparing Yarn | 22 |
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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