ANST - natural dyeing ... reds & purples
jhartel
jhartel at net-link.net
Tue Jun 30 13:23:39 PDT 1998
j'lynn yeates wrote:
> if you have access to large areas of prickly-pear cactus, there is a species
> of small insect (starts with a "c" i think ...) that lives in them ... that
> produces a really nice reddish-purple.
BINGO! You win the dyer's award of the day! The bug you are referring
to is cochneal [sp] and gives BEAUTIFUL purples. The prickly plant
fruit gives off really pretty Magenta's...at least on acryllic yarns. I
tried that one years ago before I got into natural dyineg. The fruit
is really good to eat too.
Moriel***
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