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Today a new appreciation of " natural " color has developed . It stems in part from an increased interest in the environment and in part from many people's rejection of anything that is not " natural . " It is not surprising , therefore ...
Today a new appreciation of " natural " color has developed . It stems in part from an increased interest in the environment and in part from many people's rejection of anything that is not " natural . " It is not surprising , therefore ...
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Mordants for Natural Dyes The list that follows will provide a basic guide to both the characteristics and uses of the various mordants necessary in natural dyeing . Some mordants not only change the chemical composition of the dye ...
Mordants for Natural Dyes The list that follows will provide a basic guide to both the characteristics and uses of the various mordants necessary in natural dyeing . Some mordants not only change the chemical composition of the dye ...
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Preparing Yarn When selecting wool yarn to use in natural dyeing , it is best to use a natural , unbleached yarn . Natural yarn is likely to turn the predicted color , whereas a bleached , whitened yarn is apt to turn out slightly ...
Preparing Yarn When selecting wool yarn to use in natural dyeing , it is best to use a natural , unbleached yarn . Natural yarn is likely to turn the predicted color , whereas a bleached , whitened yarn is apt to turn out slightly ...
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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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