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Tussah Silk Top – Onion
$11.25 – $45.97 $8.44 – $34.48
100% Tussah silk.
Dusky wine-purple, much like the colour of red onion skins.
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Pulled Sari Silk – Burgundy
100% Silk fibre
Wonderful deep burgundy-wine, the colour of pickled beets. Fibre staple length is 1 to 1.5 inches.
Use for blending/carding, spinning, felting, paper-making and other crafting projects.
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Regular Merino Prefelt – Red Wine – 1/2 meter
Price per 1/2 meter sheet: 120cm (47 inches) x 50cm (19.5 inches). Approximately 70g (2.46 oz)
A deep burgundy red. Slightly on the purple side.
Madder, Ground
Dried roots of Rubia tinctoria, available ground or whole.
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.