[MR] Woad/Indigo

[Terry L. Neill]

Greetings!

I don't know where to get woad.  But concentrated woad dye should be very, 
very similar to concentrated indigo dye.  The two plants both produce 
indigoten, which is the same chemical.  It's just that indigo produces more 
of it than woad.

Earth Guild (www.earthguild.com) sells natural indigo in little blue chunks. 
They will give you a page telling you dye recipies.  I've had some good 
success with their dyes and recipies.

You'll need more than just the indigo, though. Indigo requires certain 
chemicals in order to release the dye.  So you might want to call them and 
get a list of what else you'll need (theoureadioxide is the only one I 
remember off the top of my head--oh, and lye--Red Devil pure lye is 
available in many grocery stores).

Good luck!

- Anarra


>   I was just wondering, does anyone know where I could
>purchase some woad (dyers, to be exact) for dying
>fabric. This will be my first time with dying,  and  I
>have gotten all of the dye-making info from ,"the woad
>page" (Google search:woad).

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