What is special about natural dyes and hand spun wool?

If you look at oriental fabric (blanket, bags, pillowcases, etc) you'll find the 19thc realize that the colors have a depth and richness attractive of them. Natural dyes produce a wide range of colors that have a remarkable ability to harmonize with others.

Research on the chemistry of these dyes has shown that in the case of the blonde red tackle these is a cocktail of at least 40 pigments assets present in greater or lesser degree. The relative percentages of each depends on many factors such as soil mineral content, root age, temperature of die and the chemistry of acids (mineral fixing the dye to the wool is, alum, iron salts.).

These affect the tone and color tone, and the wide spectrum within each color makes it much more likely to resonate with other natural dyes. handspun wool varies in voltage around and thickness of the thread. This has two results, when stained the amount collected varies along the line, somewhere in the middle of a twisted section.

When natural dyes are woven into a rug and cut the stack is a variation of tones and hues that add color block has a depth and richness. Another effect of hand-spun wool is that due to variation in the thickness of the thread which is irregular in the plot that takes the hard edge lines and borders, which adds a natural aspect of life, rather than the mechanics regularity of wool spinning machine. When these two are added to obtain a tissue that has life, vibrant and natural quality that comes from handwork.

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Margaret Demers is well known author and has written many articles on Rugs, oriental rugs, antique rugs. Shop for , natural dyed and hand spun wool rugs and Oriental rugs and carpets.

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