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Robinia bark gives a soft brownish hue. Perhaps with a shade of red, or, almost a light chai color. I used the bark for dyeing only on one sort of of hemp cotton. Looking at the bark is the color I got.
Pouch Sawn Tree Trunk is dyed with robinia bark.
Go to this page to have the correct step-by-step process. I leave the cotton overnight in the dye bath.
I use pieces of scoured cotton fabric which weigh (less than) 100 gram in a 20 liter pot.
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At this very moment we are house sitting, to see whether Italy suits us. So far, the winter hasn’t been better than in Hungary. And as in every January I dream of sunny places elsewhere on earth, if it weren’t for the variety of animals we may care for. Meanwhile, I embroider, whether we housesit…
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