Elizabeth Wayland Barber , is a great knowledgeable person ,, i have her books About URUMUCHI and Women`s work The first 20000 years. mirjam
> This is too funny! I was looking for something else on the internet and > found this "The naturally pigmented wools do not take artificial dyes well > (Ryder 1969a,495)." This was in the book Prehistoric Textiles by E. J. W. > Barber 1991. I have heard Fiberartists and Bedouins here say the same thing. the whiter wools are esier to dye , mirjam
