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Dyeing Books

DYE PLANTS AND DYEING Publication of the Brooklyn Botanic Gardens. Information on dye plants in US plus Japan, southeast Asia, Ireland, Scotland, Greece, other information.
NATURAL PLANT DYEING Publication of the Brooklyn Botanic Gardens. Chemistry of dyeing, plus dye plants of the Southwest, England, Sweden, Australia, New Zealand.
Furry, Margaret S. and Viemont, Bess M. HOME DYEING WITH NATURAL DYES Small booklet with lots of information.
Grae, Ida NATURE'S COLORS DYES FROM PLANTS Over 200 pages of information on natural dyeing, including technique,chapters on lichens, wildflowers and weeds, trees, shrubs, garden flowers. Includes natural mordants.
Grierson, Su Grierson, Su The Colour Cauldron History, technique, and recipes on natural dyeing in Scotland. 200 pages.
Knutson, Linda SYNTHETIC DYES, NATURAL FIBER Using scientific methods you can get repeatable results in dyeing yarn. A scale is required and a calculator would be good for the math involved. The author buys all white or natural yarn, then dyes it the colors she wants.
Kramer, Jack NATURAL DYES PLANTS AND PROCESSES Lots of information with pictures and drawings.
Mcgrath, Judy Waldner DYES FROM LICHENS & PLANTS A CANADIAN DYER'S GUIDE Extensive information with colored pictures.
Samuel, Cheryl and Higgins, Carol GENTLE DYES Dyes from the vegetable garden, berry patch, and woods (including mushrooms). Mordants are used even though they aren't always "gentle".

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