[Regia-NA] [Fwd: *WH* Fw: [12thcenturygarb] Dye Colours (]

[Hrolf Douglasson]

I have this wonderful rusty iron hand made cauldron that is no longer good
for food but wonderful for dyeing stuff.
I had already mordanted with alum ages before hand(always do as it can dry
and then be used)....weld added to whetted wool and water...and left just
off the boil til I remembered it (about 2 hours) it is screaming lime
green:)
vara
----- Original Message -----
From: "Carolyn Priest-Dorman" <capriest@cs.vassar.edu>
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Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2003 5:10 PM
Subject: Re: [Regia-NA] [Fwd: *WH* Fw: [12thcenturygarb] Dye Colours (]


> Vara wrote:
>
> >have got some wonderful vivid greens with weld, iron and water from
> >scotland..
>
> I've been trying every way I can think of to combine weld and iron, but so
> far all I get is medium khaki-gray.  It's so boring, I'd hesitate to
> include it in a camouflage grouping!
>
> >the madder with copper wouldn't colour at all at a local show:(
>
> Fascinating!  I've never tried madder with copper; they just don't seem
> "right" together in my mind.  But I also got bright orange with madder and
> the tapwater in New Haven, Connecticut.  Hmmm.  If New Haven equals
> Scotland for purposes of water (in which case, may God have mercy on
> Scotland!), then maybe I should repeat the weld-iron experiment there? ;>
>
>
> Carolyn Priest-Dorman              Þóra Sharptooth
>   http://www.cs.vassar.edu/~capriest/thora.html
>
>
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