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This week: Natural dyes and iron on baby clothing, iron to make black and what’s the best way to do an iron dip?

This week: softening fibers post-mordanting and how do you get a deep red with raw madder root?

This week: Urine vats, keeping your indigo vat alive and can you fix color with sea salt?

This week: scouring, reducing, hydrating and are fresh flowers better than dry flowers for natural dyeing?

This week: How much of a fresh madder root do you use??

This week: Great tips for the famous Michel Garcia 1-2-3 indigo vat!

This week: Water-saving tips when mordanting and scouring

This week: Cochineal for more than textiles and how long does it keep, and what to do about a murky alum bath

This week: Is iron safe for babies, mordanting with tannins and getting a lighter hue and does liquid rhubarb like cotton?

This week: Dye ratios to water, re-mordanting something already mordanted and blue yogurt??