Tuesday 14 March 2017

Brazilwood Dyed Fleece

Romney fleece dyed using Brazilwood.  I used alum and cream of Tartar to mordant the fleece first. Then used some chalk in the dye pot with the hope of getting a red colour.  This lovely copper orange colour is the result.  Rather uneven dye which is probably because there was a lot of lanolin in the fleece.  I washed the fleece using ferment method which does not remove the lanolin

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