Natural Plant Dyeing

Photograph8 by PhC!ip B.-UuUan
Above: Skeins of wool are lifted 1
from the dyepot into a container ;
of water of the same temperature 1 ’
as the dyebath as a first step in 1
the rinsing process. Other steps of,’ ~~
the dyeing process are shown on,
page% 1 O-l 2.
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Left: Carrot tops being cut for dyeing.
By the use of’ different mo ‘-
dants;
range
‘the resulting
from bright
dye colors w
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II
yellow through
varying, shades of greens. For information
on mordan’ts, see pages
4 and 5. 2
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