ANST - natural dyeing ... reds & purples
jhartel
jhartel at net-link.net
Tue Jun 30 15:00:27 PDT 1998
Laury Torrence wrote:>
> I think Moriel or j'lynn is referring to "cochineal" bugs but I've got to
> double-check (shuffle, shuffle)........Yep! a red dye made from
> the dried bodies (yuck!) of the females of a scale insect that attacks
> cacti of tropical and sub-tropical America. Or so says Daniel Webster.
With a quick curtsey and grin I hand HRH a dead bug and say, "Vivat"
You too are a winner on today's "Natural Dyeing" escapades.
With a purple grin...
Moriel***
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