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Tumeric YELLOW Turmeric ( Curcuma longa ) , a perennial herb native to India and China , is sometimes called the Indian saffron plant . Turmeric has been used as a coloring agent , as a flavoring in curry powder and pickles , and as a ...
Tumeric YELLOW Turmeric ( Curcuma longa ) , a perennial herb native to India and China , is sometimes called the Indian saffron plant . Turmeric has been used as a coloring agent , as a flavoring in curry powder and pickles , and as a ...
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Turmeric plus Indigo ( Green ) Of all the colors produced with turmeric , Recipe 56 ( Turmeric with Alum ) produced the clearest yellow . Dye a skein according to Recipe 56. Rinse the skein until the water is clear and squeeze out all ...
Turmeric plus Indigo ( Green ) Of all the colors produced with turmeric , Recipe 56 ( Turmeric with Alum ) produced the clearest yellow . Dye a skein according to Recipe 56. Rinse the skein until the water is clear and squeeze out all ...
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Madder with Turmeric ( Lustrous Red ) Dye a skein of yarn red according to Recipe 5 ( Madder with Alum ) . Rinse the skein until all the excess dye is removed and the water is clear .
Madder with Turmeric ( Lustrous Red ) Dye a skein of yarn red according to Recipe 5 ( Madder with Alum ) . Rinse the skein until all the excess dye is removed and the water is clear .
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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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