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Palmy Weigle. Orchil Lichens PURPLE Lichens have been used since at least the time of the early Egyptians — they ate them ... lichen body and feeds on the food manufactured by the algae . Many lichens contain acids that , when treated ...
Palmy Weigle. Orchil Lichens PURPLE Lichens have been used since at least the time of the early Egyptians — they ate them ... lichen body and feeds on the food manufactured by the algae . Many lichens contain acids that , when treated ...
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... lichens used for cudbear is of the Umbilicaria lichen family , which is a leafy or foliose lichen . Various types of these Umbilicaria are found today in many parts of the world - from Alaska to Florida and from Norway to New Zealand ...
... lichens used for cudbear is of the Umbilicaria lichen family , which is a leafy or foliose lichen . Various types of these Umbilicaria are found today in many parts of the world - from Alaska to Florida and from Norway to New Zealand ...
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... 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 : definitions , 115 ; procedure ...
... 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 : definitions , 115 ; procedure ...
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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