A couple of days ago I had some sunshine and some time off do felt like having another experimentation with cochineal.
Cochineal is a dye which needs a mordant to make it permanent on cloth and fibres. For this dye vat I used alum as a mordant wool fibres.
Alongside the undyed wool I used some wool which had previously been used in an exhausted woad vat.
The results are below, what I have found enjoyable about this is the complete unpredictability and gentle tones achieved on the yarns.
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Yuou have achieved a lovely seies of tones – from apricot to bright pink – beautiful. The wool looks so gentle that one wants to touch it via the screen!