Re: blueberry testing

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Posted by Catherine Cartwright-Jones on May 22, 2004 at 10:51:41:

In reply to: blueberry testing posted by Tara on May 22, 2004 at 08:53:17:

I was out of town and swamped with other work when this came up .... I
don't recall ever seeing a natural fiber/natural dye mix wherein
blueberries stained keratin blue. The color is fugitive and goes
greyish even on bast fibers.

Maybe a Smurfberry Blue Koolaid rinse?

Through most of fiber arts, the blues come from indigols, woad or
indigo. The purples are damn difficult to come by! Murex and related
things. There's a dusty violet from logwood, but I think that
requires boiling and mordants.

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