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025 Turmeric_1
• From Southern Asia.
• Used as a culinary spice
• Dyestuff: roots
General procedure notes:
• No mordant is necessary Iron modifier will give olive greens. Alkaline modifier gives reddish orange tones
• Mix turmeric powder to a paste, stir well. Add more water, and continue stirring – pour into dye path. To remove particles, strain through coffee filter.
• Can be applied to fibres with or without heat.
• Rinse fibres AFTER they have dried and always use a pH neutral washing solution to prevent unwanted colour changes.
Dye Date : October 15/ 2005
Source: Grocery Store – spice section
Quantity Used: 14 gm
Yarn/ Fibre used: 100% wool (handspun) breed unspecified
Supplier: Local Alberta Wool Producer – Raw fleece – washed – carded and handspun by J Dixon
Proportion of Dyestuff to Fibre: (4 skeins @ 2gm each) 1.75 gm spice = 1 gm fibre
(Wild Color recommends 1: 2 )
Mordants used: Alum, Iron
Mordant process used :
• Alum only: soak fibre in water for 20 minutes. Mix alum in water. Add yarn and simmer for one hour.
• Iron mordant was added to dye bath after skeins had been added and simmered for an hour. One NO mordant skein and one ALUM skein were removed. Iron was added to dye bath, therefore mordanting one non-mordanted skein, and creating an “Alum/Iron” skein.
Water: Tap water from Calgary Alberta.
Lightfast: Not tested
Washfast: Moderate colour loss on first wash with dish wash soap
