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Fine Merino – Rust
$7.00 – $28.60
100% fine 19-micron Merino wool. Beautiful and clean combed top.
Excellent rusty red-orange-brown tone.
PRODUCT of ITALY, from Dyeing House Gallery.
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An odd but pleasing tone, sort of a medium wine purple-red. Dyed 30 micron Corriedale wool top from Ashford of New Zealand.
Hemp Top – Soft Fruit
100% Hemp fibre.
On hemp this colourway comes out a gorgeous deep wine red/burgundy shade.
PRODUCT of ITALY
Fine Merino – Wine Red
100% fine 19-micron Merino wool. Beautiful and clean combed top.
Deep mulberry or plum-wine red, not quite burgundy.
PRODUCT of ITALY, from Dyeing House Gallery.
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.