[MR] bleaching black wool fabric

[Kirsten Niemann]

Black IS a period color though - especially in wool since there were  
black sheep even then.

-Thjora


Mistress Thjora Arnkitelsdottir


On Jan 24, 2008, at 3:25 PM, Challe Hudson wrote:

> Good gentles, I have a non-period problem: I can't get my black dye  
> to go
> away. I have a piece of black wool that I planned to use for an  
> early period
> tunic. I know that black is an inappropriate color, and I don't  
> care what
> color it ends up (anything but black) so I tried bleaching it.  
> Although I
> started with a weaker solution, I eventually had more than a cup of  
> chlorine
> bleach in less than half a sink of warm water, and the wool soaked  
> for more
> than 15 minutes. I know that dye was leaving the fabric, because  
> the water
> was black-brown, but the fabric still looks like a lovely, pure  
> black. Is
> there anything else you can recommend that I do, or should I give  
> up and
> make a black tunic?
>
> Many thanks,
>
> Margaret Wolseley
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