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      • Frequently Asked Questions About Indigo
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Aluminum Acetate

How do I Mordant with Iron? Questions for FEEDBACK FRIDAY

This week: It’s all about mordanting…

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Keeping Clamped Shibori Patterns Crisp: Questions for FEEDBACK FRIDAY

This week: How to deal with indigo crocking

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Symplocos Mordant and Tannin Questions for FEEDBACK FRIDAY

This week: Expanding color profiles with Symplocos and “aluminum potassium sulfate?”

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Green Recipes using Indigo for FEEDBACK FRIDAY

This week: Botanical Colors founder Kathy Hattori with her own musings and color recipes inspired by The Art and Science of Natural Dyes by Joy Boutrup and Catharine Ellis

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Madder Extract

FEEDBLACK FRIDAY: This Week in Natural Dye Questions

This week: Getting your holiday red on

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How Much Water in the Dye Pot? Questions for FEEDBACK FRIDAY

 

This week: How Much Water in the Dye Pot? Pungent wool and husbands, and ratios of extract to fabric.

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Symplocos

Alternative Mordant Questions for FEEDBACK FRIDAY

This week: A detailed answer on non-toxic alternatives to mordanting

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Storing Mordanted Goods: Questions for FEEDBACK FRIDAY

This week: Storing mordanted wool and getting logwood’s rich purple to stay.

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Cochineal Red on Cellulose Questions for FEEDBACK FRIDAY

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This week: You want a deep red and a dark blue and we deliver on how to do that.

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How to mordant

Mordant Temperature Questions for FEEDBACK FRIDAY

This week: Are Botanical Colors yarn rings causing reactions in dye baths and can you mordant with cold water?

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  • Dye Instructions
    • New To Natural Dyes?
    • Creating Color With Kathy Hattori
    • Recipes
    • CURATED COLOR : Indigo
    • How to Dye with Indigo
      • How to Make a 1-2-3 Fructose Indigo Vat
      • How to Make a 1-2-3 Iron Indigo Vat
      • How to Make a 1-2-3 Henna Indigo Vat
      • Frequently Asked Questions About Indigo
    • How to Scour
    • How to Mordant
      • How to Mordant with Aluminum Acetate
      • How to Mordant with Aluminum Potassium Sulfate
      • How to Mordant with Aluminum Sulfate
      • How to Mordant with Aluminum Triformate
      • How to Mordant with Symplocos
      • How to Mordant with Tannin and Alum
      • How to use Iron Powder (Ferrous Sulfate)
    • How to Dye with Natural Dye Extracts
    • How to Dye with Raw Materials
      • Cochineal Insect Instructions
      • Dye Flower Instructions
      • Dye Mushroom Instructions
      • Fruitwood Chips Instructions
      • Logwood Chip Instructions
      • Madder Root Instructions
      • Marigold Flower Instructions
      • Oak Gall Instructions
      • Onion Skin Instructions
      • Osage Orange Sawdust Instructions
      • Pericón Instructions
      • Pomegranate Peel Instructions
      • Rhubarb Root Instructions
      • Safflower Instructions
      • Sappanwood Sawdust Instructions
      • Walnut Powder Instructions
    • How to Dye With Liquid Natural Dyes
      • Frequently Asked Questions About Aquarelle Liquid Natural Dyes
    • How to use Print Paste Thickener
    • How to check pH
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