Sentences with phrase «dye animal fibres»
To dye animal fibres (wool, alpaca, silk) the undyed skeins of yarn are soaked in a mixture of water, citric acid and salt, which ensures good dye take - up.
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Animal fibres need to be heat set, however, natural fibres are set by the ingredients you use in the dye not by heat and can be left to dry without being heated.
WharfdaleWoolWorks gave me a run down of what you need to dye yarn, «Basic ingedients for dyeing are plant or animal fibres or ready spun yarn, dyes, salt, fixers and water.
For animal fibres I use either acid dyes or fibre reactive dyes depending on the colour or effect desired and for plant fibres fibre reactive dyes are used.