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                           Making Natural Dyes

Recipe By     : Key Gourmet CD Rom
Serving Size  : 4    Preparation Time :0:00
Categories    : Crafts

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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                        *** NONE ***

Collect plants, moss, herbs, roots, nuts, and so on. Chop a quantity
of one of these materials and put it through a meat grinder. Cover it
with water and let it stand overnight. Drain off the water the next
morning and save it. Add a little more water to the pulp and simmer
for 30 minutes.

Drain off this water and add it to the first water. Add more water to
cover fabric.

You can get the following colors by processing one of these materials.

* Brown - walnut shells
* Redbrown - onion leaves; bark
* Purple - blueberries; sumac; peach leaves; moss
* Red - root and berry of the cactus
* Black - oak bark; gum from pinon tree

Busted by Sooz


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