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Bäckedal -08: Natural dyeing

I compared first which is the difference between urine-washed and ammonia-washed yarn dyed in stainless steel and cast iron cauldron. There wasn't any difference between urine and ammonia, but heather, which was cooked 3 hours in stainless cauldron gave a (waited) strong yellow colour when heather cooked 4 hours in iron cauldron gave a dark olive green colour.

Because we didn't have a big iron pot, I dyed my hand-spun yarn in a stainless steel pot, but added iron vithrill for last 15 minutes. The colour is much lighter than in my experiment, but was probably possible to get during iron age too.

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items are from between 27 Jan 2008 & 31 Jan 2008.

Some hand-spun and industrial yarn for dyeing experiment. by Tiuku-

Upraising the temperature (mordanting). by Tiuku-

Heather bath in a stainless steel cauldron. by Tiuku-

It's actually a heather dye bath after dyeing. by Tiuku-

Heather after cooking 3,5 hours by Tiuku-

Stainless steel cauldron heather dye by Tiuku-

Yarn in a heather iron cauldron dye by Tiuku-

Heather dye, stainless steel cauldron by Tiuku-

Heather dye in stainless steel cauldron by Tiuku-

Olive green only by cooking heather in an iron cauldron by Tiuku-

This is what did the iron cauldron make to heather by Tiuku-

The first and second washing bath after iron vithrill by Tiuku-

Spindle-spunned yarn waiting for dyeing by Tiuku-

Yarn spun with spindle and with spinning wheel by Tiuku-

Vera's madder and hand-spun yarn by Tiuku-

Mordanting wool yarns with alum by Tiuku-

Breaking dried heather for dyeing by Tiuku-

Rinsing the skeins after mordanting by Tiuku-

Heather skeins after 5 minutes! by Tiuku-

Heather skeins after 15 minutes! by Tiuku-

Beginning the actual dyeing process after mordanting the skeins. by Tiuku-

Heather gives a strong yellow colour. by Tiuku-

The last 15 minutes in the iron bath by Tiuku-

Vera's madder skeins and one of my heather skeins by Tiuku-

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