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How To Dye With Bloodroot - All Fiber Arts

A natural dye recipe using Bloodroot.  


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Bloodroot has been used by First Nations to dye wool yarns, yielding reds, pink and orange colours.

Difficulty Level:

Average

Time Required:

4 hours


Here's How:

  1. When handling dyestuffs, use rubber gloves to avoid absorbing the dye into your skin.
  2. Cut the roots of the bloodroot plant into small pieces and soak in water for 2 hours.
  3. Bring the water to boil.
  4. Add clean, premordanted wool into the dyebath.
  5. Simmer for 1/2 hour.
  6. Remove the wool and add Glauber's salts to the dyebath. Stir well.
  7. Put the wool back in and simmer another 1/2 hour.
  8. Let the dyebath cool and remove the wool.
  9. Rinse and allow to dry.


Tips:

  • Using Alum as mordant, you will get reds.
  • Tin mordant will give pinks.
  • No mordant will yield orange shades.
  • Glauber's Salt (Sodium sulphate) is used as a levelling agent, to even out the dye colour. You can use table salt instead.


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