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Orchil Lichens PURPLE Lichens have been used since at least the time of the early Egyptians - they ate them , made dyes from ... The fungus makes up the greater part of the lichen body and feeds on the food manufactured by the algae .
Orchil Lichens PURPLE Lichens have been used since at least the time of the early Egyptians - they ate them , made dyes from ... The fungus makes up the greater part of the lichen body and feeds on the food manufactured by the algae .
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One of the three lichens used for cudbear is of the Umbilicaria lichen family , which is a leafy or foliose lichen . ... The name " Umbilicaria " is derived from the fact that the lichen attaches itself to the surface of exposed rocks ...
One of the three lichens used for cudbear is of the Umbilicaria lichen family , which is a leafy or foliose lichen . ... The name " Umbilicaria " is derived from the fact that the lichen attaches itself to the surface of exposed rocks ...
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... 96-100 , 116 , 118 Orchil lichens ( Umbilicaria ) : dyebath , 54 ; history and preparation , 53-54 Orchil lichen recipes : alum , 55 ; baking soda , 56 ; chrome afterbath , 55 ; unmordanted yarn , 55 ; vinegar , 57-58 Overdyeing ...
... 96-100 , 116 , 118 Orchil lichens ( Umbilicaria ) : dyebath , 54 ; history and preparation , 53-54 Orchil lichen recipes : alum , 55 ; baking soda , 56 ; chrome afterbath , 55 ; unmordanted yarn , 55 ; vinegar , 57-58 Overdyeing ...
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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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