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011 Cutch_extract_1
• From India, East Indies and Southeast Asia
• Used primarily for cotton and silk, great for wool.
• Dyestuff: available in chunks, granules, powder
General Procedure Notes:
• No mordant is required / use ½ weight of dyestuff to fibre
• Mix powder into paste with warm water, then stir into dye bath
• No further preparation is required
• Add fibre to dye bath – heat is not required
• Copper mordant will intensify shades of brown and yellow increase wash/light fasted ness
• For deeper colour may need to soak in dye bath for several days, or simmer for an hour or so
• Difficult to exhaust
Dye Date: Nov 13/05
Source: Louet Sales / Shuttleworks
Quantity used: 8 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: 2
Mordants used: Alum, Iron
Mordant procedure used (see section A)
Water: Calgary tap water
Lightfast: Not tested
Washfast: Moderate colour loss with first wash.
Judi’s Notes: Cutch extract mixed with boiling water until dissolved. Additional water added, and wet fibre added. Fibre soaked in “cutch tea” for 24 hours. Did not completed exhaust. Fibre removed from “tea” and washed with Palmolive dish wash soap.
