--- Anita <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm having the very devil of a time getting some dye > to set - stop crocking or bleeding. The fiber was > unsatisfactorily dyed with madder, spun and then > dyed with an acid dye.
My 3 experiences with madder dyeing (alum mordant), plus emails with the company that produced the dye (Earthues, in my case) leads me to think that you have madder coming out. This is normal. It just needs to be rinsed a gazillion times. Like at least 8 or 10 times, and more dye will still come out. If you think the acid dye is not set, then put it back into a vinegar (or whatever acid you use) bath and heat set for 30 min at low simmer. But I'm pretty sure it's the madder. June -- Twosheep Blog: http://www.twosheep.com/blog Twosheep Handspun Yarn: http://www.twosheep.com/yarn To stop mail temporarily mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: set nomail To restore send: set mail
