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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.
Update
Dear readers of this creative (ad)venture, A few new posts on both my weblogs have been published but not wanting to have your inbox being notified, I thought it a good time to send one now. I won’t publish any time soon, as we are off for a cycling tour. Summer coming up I thought…
Ted & Tina
Another new pouch, embroidered in phulkari stitch from North India, or… how I interpret this stitch. Dyed with mulberry from the forest and grapes from our own garden. The grape juice was used to make vinegar. It looks not very appetizing, but the result is already finished. The fabric was first treated with oak galls.…
Little loss brings forth
A year ago something happened and even though it concerned just a cat, it made a very big impact. The more you attach yourself and the amount of attention you give, make the loss only bigger. This new creation springs forth from the sadness and quite aching missing of just a cat. I call this…
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