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Cochineal with Chrome plus Vinegar ( Purple ) 1 quart dyebath 2 skeins chrome - mordanted wool ( 1/2 ounce each ) 2 teaspoons white vinegar Add 2 teaspoons white vinegar to 1 quart of dyebath . Place 2 wet skeins of chrome - mordanted ...
Cochineal with Chrome plus Vinegar ( Purple ) 1 quart dyebath 2 skeins chrome - mordanted wool ( 1/2 ounce each ) 2 teaspoons white vinegar Add 2 teaspoons white vinegar to 1 quart of dyebath . Place 2 wet skeins of chrome - mordanted ...
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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 them , and even used them to stuff the cavities of their mummies . Lichens are an interesting type of plant ...
Orchil Lichens PURPLE Lichens have been used since at least the time of the early Egyptians - they ate them , made dyes from them , and even used them to stuff the cavities of their mummies . Lichens are an interesting type of plant ...
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Logwood with Alum ( Deep Purple ) 1 quart dyebath 2 skeins alum - mordanted wool ( 1/2 ounce each ) Place the 2 wet skeins of alum - mordanted yarn in 1 quart of dyebath and simmer for 45 minutes . Remove the skeins and rinse them ...
Logwood with Alum ( Deep Purple ) 1 quart dyebath 2 skeins alum - mordanted wool ( 1/2 ounce each ) Place the 2 wet skeins of alum - mordanted yarn in 1 quart of dyebath and simmer for 45 minutes . Remove the skeins and rinse them ...
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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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