been dyeing with cochineal for the past, say, 2 months.this is on silk at 8%WOF and mordanted withpotassium aluminum sulfate(KAlSO4)2. at 10%. it is the alum most used in japan and it seems to me to yield brighter clearer colors.the skein is wet but when dried it was still bright pink.
afterwards it was modified with soda ash after bath in hopes to get purple.just dulled the pink and made yarn less lustrous. ⋋__⋌
seems luck with purples is not with me, even alkanet lavender eludes me.
anyhow having discovered the people in canary islands who grow and sell cochineal (beautiful project btw) i can keep on trying
without fear of running out.all out for circular economy.
i am trying to devote my energy understanding cochineal and benibana.then i'll move on to other dyes. maybe in depth madder?
neki desu
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