Ancient Dyes for Modern Weavers |
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... mordant by the Romans and was documented by Pliny in his Natural History . The Indians of the Southwestern United States also have a long history of using a native alum found as a deposit where water evaporation has taken place around ...
... mordant by the Romans and was documented by Pliny in his Natural History . The Indians of the Southwestern United States also have a long history of using a native alum found as a deposit where water evaporation has taken place around ...
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... mordant is called a " saddening " agent because its main use is to deepen or darken a color . Too much exposure to iron can leave wool harsh and rough , so it is preferable to use it as an additive to the dyebath in the same manner as ...
... mordant is called a " saddening " agent because its main use is to deepen or darken a color . Too much exposure to iron can leave wool harsh and rough , so it is preferable to use it as an additive to the dyebath in the same manner as ...
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... mordants evenly . Place the wet wool in the mordant bath and slowly bring the bath to a simmer over medium heat . This should take from 45 to 60 minutes . To keep the bath from getting hot too soon , either lower the heat or place an ...
... mordants evenly . Place the wet wool in the mordant bath and slowly bring the bath to a simmer over medium heat . This should take from 45 to 60 minutes . To keep the bath from getting hot too soon , either lower the heat or place an ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 9 |
Recipes for Mordanting | 16 |
Preparing Yarn | 22 |
Copyright | |
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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