Sampling new plants
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A column from the Minnesota Weaver in which Connie J. Magoffin describes her method for sampling unfamiliar dye plants: chopped plant material simmered with six wool strands mordanted with alum, tin, copper, chrome, iron, or left unmordanted, then recorded on index cards for light testing. She then lists ten plants she tried for the first time, such as Queen Anne's Lace, Gumweed, Jewelweed and Birdsfoot Trefoil, with general color results for each. The second page continues the list and carries unrelated guild letters, including thanks for the Minnesota State Fair demonstrations and a note from a new Minneapolis crafts gallery.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- October 1981
- 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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