scouring

In a recent Live FEEDBACK FRIDAY featuring Mordanting & Scouring 101, Botanical Colors Founder Kathy Hattori took on all your questions. Here’s what you asked, and Kathy’s answers: Scouring Questions If I use untreated and unbleached fabric, is it a must to scour the fabric or is washing it enough? If you mean by “untreated” […]

This week: Quebracho rojo gets the spotlight and microwaving wool?

There are so many terms and techniques in the natural dye space and unless you work in a natural dye house full-time or have been doing dyeing since time immemorial, you’re not apt to know everything. We created this glossary of terms so that you can look like a plant dye master and a natural […]

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

This week: Water-saving tips when mordanting and scouring

This week: Brittle fabrics from mordanting and scouring and a how-to on thickening dye extracts to print

This week: How to tell if you should scour your garments and do Aquarelle dyes work on cellulose fibers?

This week: How do you know when to scour and when dyeing fleece, how can you get a deep green?

This week: Basically everything you need to know for dyeing silk with cochineal

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