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Cotton Top – Sage
$10.00 – $40.86
100% Cotton.
Soft sage green.
PRODUCT of ITALY
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Regular Merino Prefelt – Leaf – 1/2 meter
Price per 1/2 meter sheet: 120cm (47 inches) x 50cm (19.5 inches). Approximately 70g (2.46 oz)
Leaf is a bright grassy green. Reminds us of a green Hosta.
Fustic, Shavings
Shavings from Chlorophora tinctoria often called Old Fustic.
Use on protein or cellulose fibres. Requires a premordant. A classic dye that gives bright yellows through to gold or green, depending on the mordant. Use at 30-50% WOF for medium to strong shades.
TO USE: soak in water overnight to several days. Simmer 1 hour in soaking liquid. Cool, strain then simmer premordanted fibre for 30-60 minutes. Temperatures of 155-160°F will give the best yellows.
Light and washfastness: good to excellent with a mordant.
Merino/Silk – Salvia
80% Merino wool (22-micron) / 20% Mulberry silk from Ashford of New Zealand.
Combed top/sliver. A study in blues and greens, with streaks of teal, turquoise, bright blue, avocado, indigo and silvery white.
PRODUCT of NEW ZEALAND
$11.00 – $44.95 $8.25 – $33.71
Corriedale Olive
A popular colour, one of the many green tones available. Medium olive-green, almost an army green. Dyed 30 micron Corriedale wool top from Ashford of New Zealand.