Yellow -Brown Wool: alum mordant 

 Colorfastness : fair to light, good to washing 

 1 pound wool 



l}i pecks shredded fresh Lombardy poplar leaves 

 }^ ounce potassium dichromate 

 }^ ounce acetic acid, or 6 to 7 tablespoons vinegar 



Use alum, mordant (see pages 67 to 68). Follow directions for dyeing 

 "Brass Wool" (above). Without rinsing, transfer the dyed material into a 

 boiling bath of potassium dichromate, acetic acid or vinegar, and 4 to 4%^ 

 gallons of water. Stir and boil for 10 minutes, rinse and dry. 



Privet Leaves (Ligustrum sp.) 



Gold Wool : chrome mordant 

 Colorfastness: good 

 1 pound wool 

 lyi pecks shredded fresh privet leaves 



Use chrome mordant (see pages 67 to 68). Cover the shredded leaves 

 with water and soak overnight. The following morning heat gradually to 

 boiling, boil for 20 to 25 minutes, strain out the leaves, and add cold water 

 to make a 4 to 4}^ gallon dyebath. Before immersing mordanted wool 

 in the cooled dyebath, thoroughly rinse it and squeeze out excess moisture. 

 Immerse the wool; heat to boiling; boil for 20 to 30 minutes, rinse and 

 dry. 



Sassafras Root Bark {Sassafras albidum or S. variifolium) 



Sassafras is a shrub and tree common in the eastern half of the United 

 States. The bark of the sassafras root yields the dyestuff. 



Rose-Brown Wool: chrome mordant 

 Colorfastness: fair to light, good to washing 

 1 pound wool 

 12 ounces dry sassafras root bark 



Use chrome mordant (see pages 67 to 68). Cover the bark with water 

 and soak it overnight. The following morning boil it for 30 minutes, strain 

 out the bark and add water to make a dyebath of 4 to 4)^ gallons. Before 

 immersing mordanted wool in the dyebath, thoroughly rinse it and squeeze 

 out excess moisture. Immerse the wool; heat it to boiling; boil for 30 

 minutes, rinse and dry. 



Brown Wool: alum mordant 

 Colorfastness: good 

 1 pound wool 



12 ounces dry sassafras root bark 

 }^ ounce potassium dichromate 

 }i ounce acetic acid, or 6 to 7 tablespoons vinegar 



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