Chilkat loom and dyes
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Connie Magoffin's column describes the Chilkat blanket and its loom, a warp-weighted style loom using twining with cedar bark and mountain goat wool. It focuses on the traditional dyes: yellow from lichen, black from hemlock bark and copper, and blue-green from copper oxidized in urine. She reports five kitchen experiments with copper ore and copper sulfate in ammonia or water, and ends with a bibliography. The second page carries travel notes: a visit to a silk importer in Myrtle Creek, Oregon, and announcements of weaving tours and workshops in Norway and Sweden.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- March 1978
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 2
- Archive notes
- By permission. PDF provided by Judith Combs.
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From Ralph Griswold's Digital Archive, delivered by the University of Arizona.
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