that to your advantage? And on the pink, it might turn out really nice.
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From: h-costume-boun...@indra.com [mailto:h-costume-boun...@indra.com] On
Behalf Of Saragrace Knauf
Sent: Wednesday, April 22, 2009 6:30 PM
To: h-cost...@indra.com
Subject: [h-cost] update - Dyeing
I was dyeing some linen today, so I decided to put a small piece of the pink
wool/linen in with it (using procion). Not good news. It became very clear
that the fabric is half wool half linen with the threads of both weft and warp
made up of a strand of each. The linen absorbed the dye
I have some pink from an exhaust cochineal bath that looks like it should be
walking down the Barbie aisle! Very, very PINK.
So maybe the question is: what does one do with 8 yards of pretty pink
fabricI know there is pink in pre 17th century stuff
I was dyeing some linen today, so I decided to put a small piece of the pink
wool/linen in
with it (using procion). Not good news. It became very clear that the fabric
is half
wool half linen with the threads of both weft and warp made up of a strand of
each. The
linen absorbed the dye
