[Ansteorra-textiles] dye plants

Nancy Wederstrandt nweders at mail.utexas.edu
Tue Sep 30 06:24:56 PDT 2003


>
>I've read that if you put a drop of ammonia on the lichen, the purple-
>dye-producing ones will turn red, but I can't confirm this with
>personal experience.
>
>Oh, and Clare, the alcohol certainly made a difference in the color
>of the alkanet dye bath.  I'll find out tomorrow how it dyes; right
>now I'm just soaking it out.

         Yeah!  Let me know how you do.  I'm curious to see how the book 
delievers.  I'm contemplating buying it.

CLare

  




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