Natural Dyed Cotton and is this Finger weave or Sprang or

Have been dipping some Organic Yarn that may have been predyed or premordanted. Was probably 20+ years ago purchased it. Have decided to use what have or let go to someone who will, unless have a feeling a future family member might want it (My Children might have a Child/Children).
So had a old dehydrated dye in a glass yogurt, so added some water. Found some red corn cobs in a jar, and Flowering Pear bark soaking, Started a container of tannin water, poured some indigo vat (non reduced) into a jar and dipped away.  Also on old linen vest top, painting across it. Only rinsed it once and it dried in hot sun. Not a lot of Blue in it, and sometimes yarn looks mauvish and then olivey.

I wrapped the dip dyed parts around the cone as it was a test to see if would work to make a darker yarn that needed for a hat was crocheting.




FOund some old handwoven piece son had found at a thrift store and his Grandmother bought for him many years ago. Its here and son moved away. Whats left of it as looks motheaten. Saw a You Tube vid other day on old fingerwoven weaving and belts from diff parts of world. Lithuania and Canadian Indians. Then it looks similiar to Sprang also. Wonder where the weaving started and how it was spread. they all seem crossing threads like bobbin lace weaving.

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Might try to replicate this. Like how it comes out  

YARN DYED RED

  Was so excited to see results, though still knowing it might not be fast after drying, or washing.

This is from making the dye bath acidic with vinegar and lemon juice, and crushing the Pokeberries, 

soaking for a day, 

straining

presoaking wool and yarn in acidic water ( had some old pickle juice )

adding fiber to dyebath

heating for about an hour with can of sterno (use outside)

let cool overnight in dyebath

dry for a week in the shade ( yes, I forgot it )

Rinse and dry again

Dyepot after removed yarn, wonder why the purple wool piece.

After rinse and dry in shade 10 days.

These were from the ferment Pokeberry dyepot, cotton glove, wool fiber,wool embroidery thread, cotton yarn (upper right), noticed the purple and green colors on the yarns. Maybe from changing pH.

Also had some nutritional supplements that used for experimenting as after mordants, Copper, Zinc, and some epsom salts.

The copper and zinc lost the red and the epsom, faded some. Will take a photo later. Trying to find safe mordants.

Have a Eucalyptus cinerea bath soaking now (Silver Dollar Euc.) also Robinia pseudoacacia leaves, found on city lot. Did read that all parts are poisonous, so am leaving it outside.  Black bean soaking water that poured off into old pickle jar has cotton yarn waiting to take up color.

Was 52 degrees this morning at 6am , with a low of 52.