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If you want a lighter color than produced in the recipe , simmer the yarn for a shorter time . Another method is to use the same dyebath two or three times ( lighter colors will be produced each time ) . If a darker color is desired ...
If you want a lighter color than produced in the recipe , simmer the yarn for a shorter time . Another method is to use the same dyebath two or three times ( lighter colors will be produced each time ) . If a darker color is desired ...
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There are two types of cochineal dye : silver , produced from the impregnated females before they lay their eggs ... Great care is taken to gather the cochineal as a silver crop because it produces a better color and can be sold for a ...
There are two types of cochineal dye : silver , produced from the impregnated females before they lay their eggs ... Great care is taken to gather the cochineal as a silver crop because it produces a better color and can be sold for a ...
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It was especially prized for the black and brown dyes produced from the hulls ( see Recipes 99 - 105 ) . Black walnut leaves are used both as a dye and as a type of medicinal tea . Leaves should be gathered in the late spring when they ...
It was especially prized for the black and brown dyes produced from the hulls ( see Recipes 99 - 105 ) . Black walnut leaves are used both as a dye and as a type of medicinal tea . Leaves should be gathered in the late spring when they ...
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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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