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Annatto Seeds
Seeds from a South American plant, Bixa orellana, widely used as in commercial food colourings, an ornamental where hardy, and the seeds are used in various cuisines to colour food. It's actually the pulp that surrounds the seeds that supplies the colour.
Use on protein or cellulose fibres. Produces various shades of yellow to orange-yellow and can be modified with mordants. Pre-mordanting recommended. Use at 30-40% WOF for medium shades.
TO USE: soak seeds for several days or up to a week in a jar of water or vinegar and shake daily. Simmer in the soaking water/vinegar at 190-200°F for 1 hour. Cool overnight and strain. Add more water if necessary and enter wet, pre-mordanted fibre. Hold at a 180-190°F for one hour, then cool overnight in the dyebath.
Light and washfastness: fair with a mordant. Keep wash temperatures cool and expect some dye run.
Corriedale Cheesecake
Medium-soft and pleasing golden orange, a bit like mild cheddar cheese. Dyed 30 micron Corriedale wool top from Ashford of New Zealand.
Corriedale Fluoro Orange
Eye-popping orange, almost exactly the colour of an orange highlighter pen. One of five new colours in fluorescent tones. Dyed 30 micron Corriedale wool top from Ashford of New Zealand.
Corriedale Orange
Clear, bright navel-orange orange. Dyed 30 micron Corriedale wool top from Ashford of New Zealand
Corriedale Pumpkin Pie
A deep and rich Jack-o'-lantern orange. Dyed 30 micron Corriedale wool top from Ashford of New Zealand.
Corriedale Tangerine
Bright orange-yellow, like an African marigold. Dyed 30 micron Corriedale wool top from Ashford of New Zealand.
Cotton Top – Saffron
100% Cotton.
Glowing amber-gold.
PRODUCT of ITALY
Fine Merino – Copper
100% fine 19-micron Merino wool. Beautiful and clean combed top.
Great colour! Sort of a medium orangy-brown.
PRODUCT of ITALY, from Dyeing House Gallery.
$8.00 – $32.69 $6.00 – $24.52
Fine Merino – Orange
100% fine 19-micron Merino wool. Beautiful and clean combed top.
A deep and rich orange, slightly on the burnt orange side.
PRODUCT of ITALY, from Dyeing House Gallery.
$8.00 – $32.69 $6.00 – $24.52
Fine Merino – Pumpkin
100% fine 19-micron Merino wool. Beautiful and clean combed top.
Rich persimmon orange, almost a burnt orange.
PRODUCT of ITALY, from Dyeing House Gallery.
$8.00 – $32.69 $6.00 – $24.52
Fine Merino – Rust
100% fine 19-micron Merino wool. Beautiful and clean combed top.
Excellent rusty red-orange-brown tone.
PRODUCT of ITALY, from Dyeing House Gallery.
$8.00 – $32.69 $6.00 – $24.52
Fine Merino – Tangerine
100% fine 19-micron Merino wool. Beautiful and clean combed top.
An easy-to-get-along-with medium-soft creamy orange.
PRODUCT of ITALY, from Dyeing House Gallery.
$8.00 – $32.69 $6.00 – $24.52
Flax Top – Rust
100% Flax (linen) fibre.
Rich and glowing rusty orange-brown.
PRODUCT of ITALY
Hemp Top – Cinnamon
100% Hemp fibre.
Brighter than Rust, and more of a brassy orangy-brown, like a cinnamon stick.
PRODUCT of ITALY
Hemp Top – Rust
100% Hemp fibre.
Absolutely stunning colour, one of the best in the Hemp line. Rich rusty brown-orange.
PRODUCT of ITALY
Henna powder
A powder made from the dried leaves of a shrub, Lawsonia inermis, used for centuries as a hair and skin dye in many cultures.
Used mainly on protein fibres but also effective on premordanted cellulose fibres. Substantive on wool (no mordant required) but mordants may improve lightfast qualities and copper, iron or tin will alter the resulting colours. By itself Henna produces shades of tan through brown to orange-brown or gold can also be achieved.Use at 50% WOF for medium to strong shades.
TO USE: probably best soaked in water overnight. Simmer 1 hour in soaking liquid. Cool, strain then simmer premordanted fibre for 30-60 minutes.
Light and washfastness: we're not sure yet, but probably pretty good.
Kamala Powder
Ground dried fruits of Mallotus philippinensis, sometimes called Lotus Tree.
Use on protein fibres. Produces brilliant yellow and orange tones similar to Saffron. Pre-mordanting recommended. Use at 20-30% WOF for medium shades.
TO USE: needs alkaline conditions: dissolve in warm water with Soda Ash at 3% WOG. Add wetted, premordanted fibre and simmer at 160-175°F for 1 hour. Cool, then rinse fibre in water with 1 cup of vinegar to neutralize the pH.
Light & washfastness: very good.
Madder, Ground
Dried roots of Rubia tinctoria, ground but not into fine dust. We have been once again been able to source true Madder, not Indian Madder.
Use on protein or cellulose fibres. Pre-mordanting recommended. A classic dye, giving dramatic reds, brick-reds to orange and coral. Use at 50-100% WOF (weight of fibre) for medium shades.
TO USE: simmer in water below 185°F for 30 minutes. Cool overnight, then repeat simmer and strain. Add more water and enter pre-mordanted fibre. Hold below 158°F for one hour. Higher temperatures may produce browns rather than oranges or reds, so try to avoid bringing to a high simmer or boil. Ground madder is much easier to work with than the whole dried roots..
Light and washfastness: excellent.