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   AI6YR Ben (ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org)'s status on Thursday, 28-Aug-2025 13:26:50 JST AI6YR Ben

   I am dyeing. Fabric, that is. #crafts #dye

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     AI6YR Ben (ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org)'s status on Saturday, 30-Aug-2025 08:18:53 JST AI6YR Ben

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     Mmmmm garage sale cotton sheet and a brick stew, my favorite. Way overshot target temp of 110F, turned off the burner and will just let it sit. Only needs to go for an hour per the random websites, and only 10 min per the manufacturer of the soap. Synthrapol plus soda ash. #stew #dyeing #flir

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     AI6YR Ben (ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org)'s status on Saturday, 30-Aug-2025 08:18:54 JST AI6YR Ben

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     ***full of steaming sumac leaves, extracting tannins. Those tannins are going into another container tomorrow for another step, then the soda ash goes into the pot with the fabric(s) tomorrow for the first step....

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     AI6YR Ben (ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org)'s status on Saturday, 30-Aug-2025 08:18:54 JST AI6YR Ben

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     Step 0. (tomorrow) is actually to "scour" the cotton, which involves boiling the cotton with soda ash. I may pull out the respirator for all of these, actually. Breathing caustic steam probably not a great thing. 🤔

     https://shepherdtextiles.com/blog/dyeing-cotton-with-cochineal

     #dyeing #cochineal

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     AI6YR Ben (ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org)'s status on Saturday, 30-Aug-2025 08:18:54 JST AI6YR Ben

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     So plan is

     1. Scour the cotton for a few sheets (probably think I can cram in two sheets into that pot, maybe three).

     2. Pour out the dirty soda ash water and swap in the tannin water... let it soak overnight.

     3. Dry the sheets for a few days to completely dry (depending on heat/humidity here)

     4. Mordant bath the cotton.

     5. Wait another 2 days for drying.

     6. Dye bath using cochineal. I wonder if we have cream of tartar 🤔

     7. Dry again for a day or so

     8. Wash in Synthrapol to fix (theoretically).

     #dye

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     AI6YR Ben (ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org)'s status on Saturday, 30-Aug-2025 08:18:54 JST AI6YR Ben

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     Sumac tea draining into a bucket through an old window screen. Recipe calls for 10% sumac extract by weight of fabric, but since I have no clue to the tannin composition or percent tannins I was able to extract, just going to go for as little added water as possible to keep cotton wet overnight. Might put a brick on top and not n dilute. Still waiting for supplies before the next step, scouring cotton, then the tannin soak. #dyeing

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     AI6YR Ben (ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org)'s status on Saturday, 30-Aug-2025 08:18:54 JST AI6YR Ben

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     Sumac tea (for dyeing). Really dark, which I hope is a good indicator of the tannin confent. #dyeing

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     AI6YR Ben (ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org)'s status on Saturday, 30-Aug-2025 08:18:54 JST AI6YR Ben

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     Interesting, some English fashion guy talking about the Indiana Jones hat... "Herbert Johnson Poet Hat"

     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-31lswdSyU

     #hats #fedora

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     AI6YR Ben (ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org)'s status on Saturday, 30-Aug-2025 08:18:54 JST AI6YR Ben

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     Hmm, the pet rabbits would not appreciate that, the Indiana Jones hat is made out of rabbit fur. 😬 (my hat is actually synthetic, outdoors hiking hat with the same shape...) #hats

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     AI6YR Ben (ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org)'s status on Saturday, 30-Aug-2025 08:18:54 JST AI6YR Ben

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     Ha, hat sizes are metric measurements of your head, wondered what that number was. #metric #hats

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     AI6YR Ben (ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org)'s status on Saturday, 30-Aug-2025 08:18:54 JST AI6YR Ben

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     Aha! Supplies arrived. Bought online from a small business. Wonder if this kind of stuff is sold locally. 🤔 #dyeing

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     Shirley Eugest (eugestshirley@m.ai6yr.org)'s status on Saturday, 30-Aug-2025 08:21:56 JST Shirley Eugest

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     @ai6yr
     I buy mine kind of nearby.
     Art supply stores.
     Lot's of store locations have shut down recently.
     https://www.dickblick.com/categories/painting/fabric/dye/

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     Shirley Eugest (eugestshirley@m.ai6yr.org)'s status on Saturday, 30-Aug-2025 08:21:56 JST Shirley Eugest

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     @ai6yr
     Art Supply Warehouse is where I stock up a couple of times a year. It is near Long Beach off the 405 fwy.

     https://www.artsupplywarehouse.com/departments/misc-fabric-craft-supplies-|17|170|170999.html?top=48

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     Mary Mazzocco (mazz@mastodon.well.com)'s status on Saturday, 30-Aug-2025 08:23:45 JST Mary Mazzocco

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     @ai6yr oh god i thought it was a gremlin in a stovepipe for a second

     need to stop scrolling