Sorry, I didn't read your message all that carefully. Yes: wool and silk
both absorb dye better than cotton or linen, and cotton absorbs it
better than linen. But if you dye a material woven from mixed fibers,
you are not dyeing "in the wool," but in the material.
Fran
Lavolta Press
http://www.lavoltapress.com
I thought this referred to the 18th century practice of mixing wool with
other fibers, like linen or cotton, for coats and such. The wool offered warmth
but the other fibers made the cloth not so expensive. Anyway, when dyed,, say
blue, the wool would soak up the dye and the linen not so much so you ended
up with something that kinda looks like what we today call "kettle cloth".
The fabric was "dyed in the wool".
But of course referring to dying the fleece makes much sense...with less of
a story.
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