On the left is the cochineal and indigo mix, cochineal mixed with cream of tartar, madder and plain cochineal. The fabric is silk charmeuse which normally takes the dye very well. At least I got very even results with all the stirring we did. We left the fabric in the dye just 30 minutes and prior to dyeing we soaked it in alum for 30 minutes.
Next week we work with weld for yellow and overdye with indigo to get green.
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2 comments:
nice colors for spring, especially indigo. natural dyes are softer but I have only worked with cottons when I was weaving long ago.what mordents are used with these?
Sonja,
we used alum with both the madder and the cochineal. The same stuff you use for pickling. The indigo doesn't require a mordant.
Kathy
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