On 1/15/08 5:38 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
For a deeper yellow / brown onion skins which
can be fixed in the same way as any standard dye.
When playing with various weeds, I found that onionskin
would dye wool rusty brown by themselves or with vinegar,
bright yellow-orange with pickling alum, and a pale but true
yellow with soda. I never got a halfway decent color on
plant fiber, but then I mostly just put everything into a
pot and brought it to a boil. I have the impression that
one must mordant and dye in separate steps on bast and seed
hair.
My weed colors never bled, and seemed to fade less than
store-bought colors in the same socks. But rhubarb leaf
overdyed with onionskin started out golden brown, then
turned darker and more neutral when washed.
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