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Preparing the Dyebath 1 ounce hemlock bark 1 quart water Cut the bark into small strips or pieces and tie it in a cheesecloth bag . Put it in 1 quart of water to soak for 24 hours . After soaking , boil the bark and water vigorously for ...
Preparing the Dyebath 1 ounce hemlock bark 1 quart water Cut the bark into small strips or pieces and tie it in a cheesecloth bag . Put it in 1 quart of water to soak for 24 hours . After soaking , boil the bark and water vigorously for ...
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After boiling , remove the cheesecloth bag and add enough water to the bath to bring it up to a full quart . This dyebath may be used for any of the following recipes . For each ounce of yarn to be dyed , 1 quart of dyebath must be ...
After boiling , remove the cheesecloth bag and add enough water to the bath to bring it up to a full quart . This dyebath may be used for any of the following recipes . For each ounce of yarn to be dyed , 1 quart of dyebath must be ...
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If it is less than 1 quart , add enough water to make a quart of dye . For each ounce of yarn to be dyed according to any of the following recipes , 1 quart of dyebath must be prepared . 61. Barberry on Unmordanted Yarn ( Bright Yellow ) ...
If it is less than 1 quart , add enough water to make a quart of dye . For each ounce of yarn to be dyed according to any of the following recipes , 1 quart of dyebath must be prepared . 61. Barberry on Unmordanted Yarn ( Bright Yellow ) ...
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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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