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Rosemary dye

Dye Experiment Materials: 

  • 79 grams of fresh rosemary 

  • (pre-washed) silk and and cotton fabric (cut into 6x6" squares)

  • pot (not used for cooking

  • strainer

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Left to right: cotton broadcloth and silk habotai

Fabric preparation: 

  1. Add 1/2 gallon of  water to a pot.

  2. Mix 8tsp of alum with 1 cup of hot water.

  3. Bring pot to boil and add fabric.

  4. Simmer pot for one hour. 

  5. Leave overnight to cool down. 

  6. Rinse fabric under warm water.

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Dye bath:  â€‹

  1. Fill the pot with water halfway.

  2. Bring to boil.

  3. Add rosemary to pot.

  4. Simmer pot for 1 hour.

  5. Strain rosemary out of dye bath.

  6. Bring pot to boil.

  7. Add fabric.

  8. Simmer for one 1 hour.*

  9. Turn off heat and let fabric sit in dye bath overnight (I left mine in for 17 hours total).

 

*I added an additional three cups of water as some of the water evaporated due to all the heat.

© 2020 by Alyssa Domenico

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