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Merino/Silk – Citrus
$10.00 – $40.86
NEW August 2019. 80% Merino wool (22-micron) / 20% Mulberry silk from Ashford of New Zealand.
Combed top/sliver. Ribbons of deep grapefruit yellow and soft lemon kissed with orange, then streaked with silvery-white silk.
PRODUCT of NEW ZEALAND
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Corriedale Tangerine
Bright orange-yellow, like an African marigold. Dyed 30 micron Corriedale wool top from Ashford of New Zealand.
$6.00 – $46.31 $4.50 – $34.73
Merino/Silk – Damson
80% Merino wool (22-micron) / 20% Mulberry silk from Ashford of New Zealand.
Combed top/sliver. Ribbons of medium-blue, navy and plum purple with streaks of silvery white silk.
PRODUCT of NEW ZEALAND
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.
Merino/Silk – Berries
NEW August 2019. 80% Merino wool (22-micron) / 20% Mulberry silk from Ashford of New Zealand.
Combed top/sliver. Ribbons of beautiful rich cranberry-red, highlighted with strawberry and deep blueberry, streaked with silvery-white silk.
PRODUCT of NEW ZEALAND