Dyeing Easter Eggs
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A column from the 'From Woods & Fields' series in Minnesota Weaver giving instructions for coloring Easter eggs with natural dyes. It covers egg preparation, resist and wrapping methods (leaves, rubber bands, netting, onion skins, beeswax), dye baths from onion skins, red cabbage, coffee, turmeric and cochineal, and dyeing, overdyeing and finishing steps, with safety notes about eating the eggs and poisonous plants.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- April 1982
- 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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