Ancient Dyes for Modern Weavers |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 17
Page 39
... tree for the early people of North America . The twigs and leaves were used to make a medicinal tea and the bark ... trees were used for ornamental hedges . The bark of the hemlock is an important source of tannin ( tannic acid ) and dye ...
... tree for the early people of North America . The twigs and leaves were used to make a medicinal tea and the bark ... trees were used for ornamental hedges . The bark of the hemlock is an important source of tannin ( tannic acid ) and dye ...
Page 47
... trees known botani- cally as Caesalpina echinata . Several other trees , especially sapan and peachwood , were used in the past to obtain red dyes . Sapan was once an important item of trade from India and Ceylon to the countries of ...
... trees known botani- cally as Caesalpina echinata . Several other trees , especially sapan and peachwood , were used in the past to obtain red dyes . Sapan was once an important item of trade from India and Ceylon to the countries of ...
Page 107
... tree , was used in India long before the birth of Christ . The trees are native both to India and the East Indies . To make the cutch extract , the trees are gathered when they are full of sap . The outer bark is removed , then the wood ...
... tree , was used in India long before the birth of Christ . The trees are native both to India and the East Indies . To make the cutch extract , the trees are gathered when they are full of sap . The outer bark is removed , then the wood ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 9 |
Recipes for Mordanting | 16 |
Preparing Yarn | 22 |
Copyright | |
5 other sections not shown
Common terms and phrases
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