Today at work I tried out some powdered natural dyes called
'Pure-Tinctoria', these are dyes we sell at the Handweaver's Studio & Gallery, I wanted to dye with them because the samples we have on display in the shop are really dull. This is also the first time I have used a mordant when dyeing, the samples produced for each dye bath are one mordanted with alum and one pre-soaked in salt. I have used Red Lac, Purple Lac, Madder root, Rhubarb root (no mordant used) and Acacida Gum and 100% Wool.
Purple lac
Red Lac
Red Lac
Left to right - Purple Lac pre-soaked with salt, purple lac pre-mordanted with alum, Red Lac pre-soaked with salt, Red Lac pre-mordanted with alum.
Same as above with Madder on the end.
Closer look at Madder Root dyed yarn.
Left to right, Rhubarb root and washing soda, Acacia Gum pre-mordanted with alum, Acacia Gum pre-soaked in salt.
Lovely colours!
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