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Pulled Sari Silk – Sunflower
$4.00 – $18.00
100% Silk fibre
Vibrant, bright chrome yellow. Fibre staple length is 1 to 1.5 inches.
Use for blending/carding, spinning, felting, paper-making and other crafting projects.
PRODUCT of INDIA
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Dried shavings from Maclura pomifera, a tree once widely planted in the US and eastern Canada for shetlerbelts. The wood is still used to make archery bows.
Use on protein or cellulose fibres. Pre-mordanting recommended. Strong and fast golden to lemon yellows are produced. Use at 20-50% WOF for medium shades.
TO USE: place shavings in a stocking and soak overnight (or longer) in cold water. Bring to a simmer for 1 hour, cool and remove stocking. Enter premordanted fibre and simmer for 1 hour. Combines well with other dyes such as Logwood. Shavings can be dried and reused.
Light and washfastness: excellent.
Merino/Silk – Citrus
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
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.
Corriedale Lemon
A gorgeous soft lemon-yellow, a tone that pairs well with nearly anything. Think of banana cream pie. Dyed 30 micron Corriedale wool top from Ashford of New Zealand.