~WOOL SHEEP SPINNING DYE RECIPIES DYEING WEAVING BOOK~

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This book has incredible ~Step by Step~Instructions on How to make dyes and dye mixes from natural plant and vegetable materials!

"For centuries natural dyes have been used to produce an endless variety of warm, rich colors, for body ornamentation, for wearing apparel, and for household articles. When chemical dyes were introduced in the nineteenth century, exact colors became commercially available and the art of dyeing with natural materials was neglected."

Today, however, with the move of conscientious people toward more natural lifestyles, away from the chemicals and industrial processes that plaque us today in all areas of life, more people are going back to nature for the vibrant, distinctive colors that no chemical dye can equal!

This book contains over 220 natural, easy to follow recipes which take you through the dyeing process Step by Step!

Chapters on Equipment, Supplies, and Techniques of Preparation are followed by the Dye Recipes, grouped according to color.

The Dye sources such as Goldenrod, Sorrel Grass, Oak Bark, Bloodroot, Camomile, and Coffee, to name just a few, are readily available and each is fully described and illustrated with a line drawing or photo for easy identification.

Complete botanical information is given for each plant and, when necessary, instructions for mordanting (treating the fiber with a metallic salt to fix the color) are included.

Most of the recipes can be completed in less time than you would think, and then can be used in a variety of projects including Spinning, Weaving, Crocheting, Knitting, Embroidery, and Macrame!
 
This is a softcover book with some cover wear but in good condition, It contains 270+ detailed pages, Measures 6.5" x 9.5", and is Dated 1974! 

Here is A very Incomplete listing of the Photos, Illustrations, and topics:

Alder ~ American Hemp ~ American Ash ~ American Barberry ~ Elder ~ Mistletoe ~ Vegetable Tallow ~ Walnut ~ White Ash ~ Annatto ~ Apple ~ Arabian Coffee ~ Barberry ~ Basil ~ Basket Oak ~ Bed Straw ~ Blackberry ~ Beech ~ Beets ~ Bilberry ~ Birch ~ Bitternut ~ Black Oak ~ Black Cherry ~ Black Walnut ~ Bloodroot ~ Blueberry ~ Bluestem ~

Bramble ~ Brome ~ Broom ~ Brown eyed Susan ~ Buckhorn ~ Butternut ~ Camomile ~ Hemlock ~ Cedar ~ Catnip ~ Cedar Apple ~ Cherry ~ Choke Cherry ~ Clematis ~ Coccus ~ Barberry ~ Horse Chestnut ~ Pear ~ Sassafras ~ Sumac ~ Horsetail ~ Cranberry ~ Currant ~ Dandelion ~ Dewberry ~ Horehound ~ Elder ~ Elderberry ~ Evergreen ~ Field Balm~ Flannel ~ French Berries ~ Cane ~ Goldenrod ~ Goldenseal ~ Gooseberry ~ Grape ~ Nettle ~ Green Ash ~ Foxtail ~ Hedge ~ Hedge Apple ~ Osage ~ Hickory ~ Huckleberry ~ Indian Corn ~ Indian Dyes ~ Indian Hemp ~ Indiago ~ Insect Dyes

Juniper ~ Larkspur ~ Litchens ~ Lily of the Valley ~ Logwood ~ Madder ~ Mangels ~ Maple ~ Marigold ~ Mealberry ~ Mint ~ Myrtle ~ Nettle ~ Oilnut ~ Onion ~ Parsley ~ Peach ~ Pecan ~ Pokeweed ~ Poplar ~ Poppy ~ Post Oak ~ Queen Annes Lace ~ Ragweed ~ Red Cedar ~ St. Johns Wort ~ Sassafras ~ and So, So Many more!

I haven't begun to touch all the plant materials this book covers!

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