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Silk Noils – Sun
$4.50 – $20.25
100% Cultivated (mulberry/bombyx) silk.
Bright yellow with just a hint of green, not quite a primary yellow.
PRODUCT of INDIA
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100% 19 micron Merino wool top.
Marbled and streaked with butter yellow, cream, lemon, dijon and rich golden tan.
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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.
$6.50 – $50.17 $4.88 – $37.63
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
Osage Orange, Shavings
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.