1. Add the pre-soaked wool to the dye bath (do not wring the water from the wool). Push the wool to the bottom of the pot, without allowing any wool to poke above the water line. 2. For primitive, mottled color, stir the wool gently only when it first goes into the pot.

The Plictho was first published in 1548, and has several hundred recipes for dyeing silk, wool and linen in many colors. Most of the recipes are for various reds and black. Also describes how to dye wood, feathers & leather.

Today, I am going to show you how I hand dye wool using Cushing’s powdered dyes. Hand dyeing wool allows you to create the colors you want for your projects. You can create solids or a mottled, blotchy fabric which will give you more depth and movement in your wool appliqué and hooked rug pieces .

Dyeing with Indigo: A Natural Fermentation Vat The recipe described here is authentic to the 16th century; dyeing blue with madder + bran + indigo + washing soda (or an alkaline substance) is described in the Profitable Book, c. 1580.

Recipes For Dyeing With Old Fustic (1) OLD GOLD Boil the wool with 3 to 4 per cent chrome for 1 to 1-1/2 hours. Wash, and dye in a separate bath for 1 to 1-1/2 hours at 100 deg.C. with 20 to 80 per cent of old fustic. (2) OLD GOLD Mordant with 3 per cent chrome, for 3/4 hour and wash. Dye with 24 per cent fustic and 4 per cent madder for 45 ...

How to Dye Wool With Natural Dyes. Natural dyeing is a fun way to dye because you can go out and find something in the woods and then create beautiful colors with it. It’s a little more labor-intensive than acid dyes, but it’s just as fun. For this tutorial, I’m going to be dyeing this wool with Black Walnut husks in a big dye pot.

Nov 15, 2022 · In the past, indigo, woad and pastel (a variety of woad) was used to dye wool and cotton fabric blue. Indigo and woad dye are different from other natural dyes because the dye isn’t water soluble: you have to make a vat.

Oct 1, 2018 · Step 1: Prepare the yarn. Mordant the wool with alum. I use a 10% by weight-of-goods proportion of alum to wool. Botanical Colors has a great tutorial on mordanting with alum. Step 2: Gather the Queen Anne’s Lace. Here in Vermont, Queen Anne’s Lace peaks in late July. You want to harvest the flower clusters when they are fresh.

Jun 17, 2023 · Whether you’re dyeing a fine merino knit fabric, an old wool sweater, or some yarn for knitting or crochet, dyeing is an excellent way to achieve exactly the color you’re after. I’ve spent a fair amount of time dyeing both merino wool fabric as well as yarn to knit with. I’ll share my best tips below.

Feb 23, 2019 · Here’s a wonderful way to keep it in the family with this DIY Marbled Vintage Virgin wool tutorial. The Lovely Blankets: Ever since I have started to dye I look at everything in a different way – ‘can it be dyed’ way?