Natural Dyes for Spinners & Weavers

by

Hetty Wickens

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London, UK: published by B.T. Batsford, 1983 (first edition).

Paperback.

10 x 7.5 in. 96 pages.

Includes six colour plates and 80 black & white illustrations.

Condition: good. This is a nice clean, tight copy - the insides of the covers are lightly tanned - some sunning of the spine - previous owner's name penned on the half title page, but no other markings.

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A guide for spinners and weavers to the identification and use of a wide range of natural dyes, including roots, berries, lichens, barks and flowers explaining how to select and prepare fibres for dyeing, and the different methods for treating fleece, cotton, linen, silk and man-made fibres.