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since i'm starting to learn about natural dyeing, i'm extra-glad that my still is copper. copper, in various forms, is used as both a mordant (color-fixer) and dye for wool, silk, etc. - and, it is a metal, so it occasionally reacts with the chemical constituents of various herbs i put in it. so....when
highly addictive). i took the beautiful leftover (already-distilled)lemon eucalytus leaves with green "stuff" on them, and did some imprinting onto a couple of silk scarves. i took another scarf, and just wiped down the inside of the still - the scarf is now a gorgeous bright green color. last, but not...
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