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I stumbled across a very nice
dye by deadheading my "near black" iris. It stained
my fingers a very dark purple. I used an alum mordant and a silk
scarf....beautiful color! Sort of a dark blue purple. Love it.
- Margo
Hi! You really should mention that neither salt nor vinegar is
actually a fixative. Vinegar is a pH modifier, that can be used
to help in takeup of dye, and salt is an assist used to "open
up" the fibers to take dye more readily, but neither one
actually does anything to set the dye. You need a mordant to
actually get colorfast colors. Alum is the easiest to obtain
of these, McCormick's makes alum that is sold in the spice or
canning section of most grocery stores. You need to add some
alum to water, bring it up to a simmer, and simmer your fiber
to be dyed in the alum.
- Teresa H. |
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