How To Dye With Brazilwood

Brazilwood natural dye gives crimsons, purples and pinks on premordanted yarns.

Difficulty Level:

Average

Time Required:

4-5 hours

brazilwood chips

Here’s How:

Use clean, premordanted wool or yarn.
Measure the Brazilwood chips (100% – 200% WOG) into a small dish.
Add alcohol to cover, and let stand for 2 hours.
Put treated Brazilwood into a nylon stocking and add into a heated dyepot for an hour.
Add the premordanted fibre or yarn into the dyepot and simmer for 1 hour.
Allow the dyepot to cool.
Remove the fibre or yarn from the dyepot, rinse and let dry.

Tips:

You can re-use the Brazilwood chips in a later dyebath, though they will release less colour.

Try alum or tin mordants for different shades of colour.

Try ammonia or tin afterbaths.

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