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• South America, India, East India, Malaysia
• Gives a rich and claret colours – when applied with logwood gives brown
• Dyestuff: Heartwood – wood chips or shavings
Procedure notes:
• Mordant is recommended. Equal weight of dyestuff to fibre will produce strong colours for the first dye bath.
• Sensitive to the pH value of water used for dyeing. Acidic = oranges shades, alkaline = plum colours.
• Strong dye bath – one batch can make several dye baths
• Pour boiling water over wood chips leave to steep overnight
• Strain off dye liquid, reserve wood chips to make a second dye bath. Wood chips can be dried and stored for future use (lighter results? pink tones?)
Dye Date: November 20/2005
Source: Louet Sales / Shuttleworks
Quantity Used: 16 grams
Yarn / Fibre Used: 100% wool (handspun) breed unspecified
Supplier: Local Alberta Wool Producer – Raw fleece – washed, carded, and spun by J. Dixon.
Proportion of Dyestuff to Fibre: 1: 1
Mordants used: Alum, Iron
Mordant process used: (See Section A)
Water Source: City of Calgary tap water.
Lightfast: Not tested
Washfast: Moderate dye colour lost with first wash using Palmolive DW soap.
Judi’s Notes: 16 grams of wood chips were put in jar. 8 cups of boiling water poured over wood chips, and solution left to steep for 1 week (7 days). Wood chips removed from dye bath. Wet fibres added to dye bath and dye bath brought to boil, and left to simmer for one hour. Remove fibres from dye bath. Cool and rinse.
