You can often pick up crock pots and roasters cheap at Goodwill. If you already have one, picking up a second of the same size and type is a good thing --...
I'll second the cheap used cooking gear. Back when I started dyeing, I was told to NEVER use a pot for food after it had been used for dyeing. It really isn't...
... was told to NEVER use a pot for food after it had been used for dyeing. It really isn't worth the risk. Alum is not really edible (Aluminium can be toxic)....
actually, i have seperate pots for dyeing, camping and even a special maslin pan for making jams and jellies as well as a big pot just for the hot water bath...
Crock pot liners! What an awesome idea! Now I can play with dyes at home - more trouble to get in in the tiny amount of time I have left for sleep... ...
my rule of thumb for natural dyes is 1 pound of dye stuff for 1 pound of fabric. for linen i double or triple it and that is a lot of onion skins. now golden...
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Andrea AskenDunn
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Jan 29, 2013 11:46 pm
Thanks, very helpful! I do have a LOT of onion skins, but probably not pounds. I also have an old bucket of years-old walnut husks around somewhere..... :-) ...
A tip I was given at Pennsic University two years ago for convincing linen to take dye: mordant 3 times, first alum, then tannin, then alum again. Grazia ...
Within SCA period the cultures with which i am most familiar did little dyeing of cotton or linen, although they grew both and used them extensively. In Egypt...
http://carrotkhan.webs.com/asxxix.htm I am finished with year 29. This is very exciting because it means that I can start work on year 30 and start the second...
Hoo-Rah indeed. And you are doing such a fine job. It is a huge task but the concept is so important to our history of the Society! Cathryn To:...
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Andrea AskenDunn
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Jan 30, 2013 8:20 pm
Okay, given this, as an early 14th century woman in the kingdom of Majorca (modern northeastern Spain), would I have worn a white linen robe? Or would I have...
You would have worn cotton, linen and wool. Cotton at that time was used to make very expensive over-garments as it was considered a luxury fiber, imported...
... Yes, that sounds right. ... This might help: http://www.denverfabrics.com/c/500/Wool-Tropical-Weight They have sales pretty regularly too. I know the...
... Christian Spain is not my specialty, however... 1. Cotton was grown in al-Andalus, Muslim Spain. Much of the Reconquista was rather hit and miss, so, i...
One other place you can look for the textile colors is in tapestries. I think of them as a great unused source of colors. The front of many tapestries are...
Yep in small amounts and very high grade. The concentration and grade used for dying can have nasty side effects. I use Pool Flock for my Alum tanning...
And a note on the onion skins--if you run short, just chop up a few whole onions and toss them in the pot....they work as well or better than the skins! ...
Yea, I had "words" with a lady doing a natural dyeing demo at the NH Sheep and Wool a few years ago. Her audience was mostly women, and she was using Tansy....
Does anyone know anything about tanning cow hide, or of any small batch tanneries in the Pittsburgh area? A friend of mine is raising West Highland cattle in a...
It was considered somewhat wasteful to use the edible parts of food for dyEing. Generally there wasn't a lot of food security. Excess from this year's crop...
Hugh, You might want to put them in contact with Steven Siegel. He is the proprietor of Siegel Leathers (formerly Siegel of California). He is semi-retired and...
Great! Thanks very much. This is the guy I bought those steaks from at Pennsic last year. ... -- They told me to "get a life". So I got one. Now I have no time...
Super! I feel like Steven Siegel is a font of information and could set him going in the right direction. There definitely is a market for hides raised in an...
He's also looking at selling their horns. Some of them have lovely great horns, so I need to see if I can put him in touch with people who can use raw horn. ...
once upon a time i taught a class on medieval herbs and their uses. i was absolutely gob smacked when a young lady told me they were all natural and, thus,...
on the field of battle one would go from weaving to dying. in my house it's the other way round. i have used an inkle loom for years but i recently set...
Greetings from Quintavia! Once again this year we will be hosting Hrim Schola, the East Kingdom's premier fiber arts learning event. Last year we had ten...
