[Sca-cooks] [Fwd: [EK] Dying linen with saffron]

[Daniel Myers]

On May 9, 2005, at 10:34 PM, Martin G. Diehl wrote:

>>> From: Baron Ernst Nuss von Kitzingen <baronernst at snet.net>
>>>
>>> Can anyone please lead me to some sources regarding
>>> dying linen with saffron?
>>>
>>> First, I need information regarding dying silk and/or linen with  
>>> saffron. Not alternatives, not suggestions for similar colors but  
>>> actually dying silks and linens using saffron.

I'll forward this question to my lady (she does all the silkewerk in  
this family), but I can say for a fact that silk takes up saffron  
color very nicely.  A couple of times in the past she's put water in  
the mortar I used to grind really fresh saffron and then dyed a skein  
of hand-reeled silk with it.  It doesn't take much saffron at all to  
do the trick and the color turns out incredibly rich.

- Doc


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