Hunting

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Still on the dyeing experiment. The beet samples turned yellow. I think it could be the left over tumeric in the pot, but the iron mordanted samples didn't turn brown. Today's experiment is blackberry. Seems to be a light brown for most materials, a dark maroon brown on the silk. We'll see what happens with adding iron and copper tomorrow (habit is to leave the samples soaking overnight), then fish out the some samples, and add the after mordants of iron and tin.

Went out into the back woods this evening. Beautiful in the misty air. Amazing how well the higher elevation of the house dampens the train noise. Found stands of what might be elderberries. I hope so. Looking for nettle, but couldn't find any.

Realized I was out of calcium chocolate. If the calcium is in tasty dark chocolate form, I'm more likely to remember it. And I'd killed the loose leaf tea in the house. Merc run. Also found the flower jasmine tea balls for relatively cheap. Might have to make some of that.

Comments

Dyeing

[(Anonymous)]

Will you be trying red cabbage? The results were light blue when we boiled the eggs with cabbage for Easter. Mom

Re: Dyeing

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Bought a red cabbage to try. None of the books I've seen mention red cabbage, so I'm curious if it is colorfast.