I think there's a misconception here. Colored wools will accept dye molecules just as readily as white wools. The difference is in the resulting color. Professional dyers must make reproducible colors. If they always start with white wool they'll always be sure only the dyes are affecting the color of the final product.
Modern hand dyers have the luxury of experimentation and can achieve many wonderful effects working with colored wools, which may or may not be reproducible. Cynthia Mar 21, 2008, at 11:44 PM, Mirjam Bruck-Cohen wrote: > 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 > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
