Indigo : : Cultivate, Dye, Create

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Translation of: En handbok om indigo, färgning & projekt.
Machine generated contents note: What Is Indigo? -- History -- Synthetic indigo -- The white core -- From plant to pigment -- Growing Indigo Plants -- Indigofera -- Japanese indigo -- Woad -- Hapa-zome -- Dyeing With Indigo -- The different indigo vats -- Dyeing with dry indigo pigment -- Preparing the material -- The dyeing stage -- Wringing out the material in a different vessel -- Oxidizing the indigo -- Repeated dips -- Tones -- Rinsing and washing -- Discarding a dye vat -- Troubleshooting -- Recipes -- In the event of an accident -- Gosta Sandberg's hydrosulfite vat -- Banana vat -- Fructose vat -- Warm dyeing with Japanese indigo -- Fresh Japanese indigo with iced water -- Fresh woad vat -- Fermented vats -- Fermented vat with wheat bran -- Indigo in combination with other pigments -- Dyeing cotton and wool with plant dyes -- Mordanting with alum -- Yellow colours with birch leaves -- Red colours with common madder -- Recipe for iron and tannin -- Projects -- Shibori.
Note continued: Honeycomb shibori -- Arashi shibori -- Itajime shibori -- Gradual colour transitions -- Sashiko -- Moyo-sashi: asa-no-ha, the hemp leaf pattern -- Hitome-sashi: kaki-no-hana, the persimmon flower pattern -- Patching and mending -- Patching with running stitch -- Darning -- Patching a hole with folded edges -- Patchwork quilt -- Ikat -- Blue prints -- Materials -- Plant fibres -- Animal fibres.
"Explore the gorgeous possibilities of dyeing with indigo! This stunning and practical handbook takes you through it all: growing the plant; mastering warm or cold dyeing with indigo, fructose, hydrosulfite, and fermented vats; making multicolored projects; and troubleshooting potential problems. Create intricate moyo-sashi and hitome-sashi embroidery, patchwork quilts, resist-dyed patterns, and more. Both beginners and experienced dyers will feel inspired to work with this wide range of innovative recipes and unique projects."--Publisher's description.

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