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... stored in the refrigerator , or dried and then stored in a closet for future use . Chrome 1 ounce wool 1 quart water 1/16 teaspoon chrome Dissolve 1/16 teaspoon chrome in 1/4 cup warm water and add this to 1 quart water , stirring to ...
... stored in the refrigerator , or dried and then stored in a closet for future use . Chrome 1 ounce wool 1 quart water 1/16 teaspoon chrome Dissolve 1/16 teaspoon chrome in 1/4 cup warm water and add this to 1 quart water , stirring to ...
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... stored in a cool place such as the refrigerator . To avoid uneven color , the yarn should not be exposed to light before dyeing . Properly stored , chrome - mordanted yarn may be kept for 3 or 4 weeks before using . Tin 1/16 teaspoon ...
... stored in a cool place such as the refrigerator . To avoid uneven color , the yarn should not be exposed to light before dyeing . Properly stored , chrome - mordanted yarn may be kept for 3 or 4 weeks before using . Tin 1/16 teaspoon ...
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... stored in the same jar for future use . 34. Umbilicaria on Unmordanted Yarn ( Orchid ) 1 teaspoon Umbilicaria dye powder 1 quart water 2 skeins unmordanted wool ( 1/2 ounce each ) Mix 1 teaspoonful Umbilicaria powder in 1 quart of water ...
... stored in the same jar for future use . 34. Umbilicaria on Unmordanted Yarn ( Orchid ) 1 teaspoon Umbilicaria dye powder 1 quart water 2 skeins unmordanted wool ( 1/2 ounce each ) Mix 1 teaspoonful Umbilicaria powder in 1 quart of water ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 9 |
Recipes for Mordanting | 16 |
Preparing Yarn | 22 |
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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