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  • 10 Tannins That Don’t Need a Mordant

    by Amy DuFault on May 5, 2021

    There are so many mordant variations and we urge you to experiment and find the one that works best for you. If you’re not familiar with the term, mordanting is the most important process of preparing fibers to accept color. Mordanting prepares fibers to bond with natural dyes and is typically a separate immersion bath […]

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  • FEEDBACK FRIDAY: This Week in Natural Dye Questions

    by Amy DuFault on September 20, 2019

    This week: How to keep madder “fast” and is alum toxic?

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  • FEEDBACK FRIDAY: This Week in Natural Dye Questions

    by Amy DuFault on November 2, 2018

    This week: Interesting questions on pre and post-treatments for color and lightfastness

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  • FEEDBACK FRIDAY: This Week in Natural Dye Questions

    by Amy DuFault on October 26, 2018

    This week: Storing indigo from the colder weather, getting grays on protein fibers and indigo soap making

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  • How to mordant 5 Tips to Make Natural Dyeing (More) Environmentally Friendly

    by Amy DuFault on June 23, 2018

    Using natural dyes is certainly a lot more friendly than using something like Rit but there are ways you can be a lot more efficient in how you use them. Here are some tips we’ve put together for you.

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  • FEEDBACK FRIDAY: This Week in Natural Dye Questions

    by Amy DuFault on March 30, 2018

    This week: What’s the shelf life of mordants and is cold indigo leaf dyeing stronger or weaker than hot?

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  • FEEDBACK FRIDAY: This Week in Natural Dye Questions

    by Amy DuFault on January 5, 2018

    This Week: Reusing symplocos for mordanting and considering just what a “chemical” is.

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  • FEEDBACK FRIDAY: This Week in Natural Dye Questions

    by Amy DuFault on September 8, 2017

    Each week, we are emailed with questions from our natural dye community asking simple and complex questions that we thought might be worth sharing. Here are a handful from this week answered by natural dyer in chief, Kathy Hattori, Founder of Botanical Colors: I’m an indigo dyer using an iron vat. I keep getting the […]

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  • FEEDBACK FRIDAY: This Week in Natural Dye Questions

    by Amy DuFault on May 19, 2017

    Each week, we are emailed with questions from our natural dye community asking simple and complex questions that we thought might be worth sharing. Here are a handful from this week answered by natural dyer in chief, Kathy Hattori, Founder of Botanical Colors: When do I know when I should stop rinsing my yarn after […]

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  • FEEDBACK FRIDAY: This Week in Natural Dye Questions

    by Amy DuFault on April 21, 2017

    Each week, we are emailed with questions from our natural dye community asking simple and complex questions that we thought might be worth sharing. Here are a handful from this week answered by natural dyer in chief, Kathy Hattori, Founder of Botanical Colors: Do you have any tips on getting a crimson red on cotton […]

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