I used fresh leaves that had not turned. I am an inexperienced natural dyer, and I figured that fresh has more goodies in it (which may be all wrong - does anyone know?). Hard to tell the proportions because I didn't weigh, but I think it was about equal leaves and wool, no more than a quarter of the wool's weight for the alum.
I boiled the leaves first to see if the water would change color, let it sit for a couple of days. Then I added wool, a tiny bit of liquid soap, and the alum and let the mix heat up. Cooked for an hour or two, let sit overnight. Sorry for the sloppy technique, but that's the only way anything gets dyed around here. Merry Luskin, Oakland CA Reference librarian and handspinner Great site: Librarians' Index to the Internet http://lii.org __________________________________ Yahoo! FareChase: Search multiple travel sites in one click. http://farechase.yahoo.com To stop mail temporarily mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: set nomail To restore send: set mail
