How to dye organic cotton fabric with copper to achieve greens
I'd like to dye some organic woven cotton fabric to achieve shades of
seafoam green and pastel green (aka baby blanket mint green) ,.
/>Any clue on how to achieve this? l was cleaning out my copper wand with
a white cotton cloth and it turned blue-green. So it is gotta be possible.
No chemicals please: unfortunately I am deathly allergic to
that. =( Thanks for your input with links if possible.
um -- you can not possibly do this without chemicals! Copper
is a chemical, & you need to oxidize it to make the copper turn a green,
so you can not avoid it. The whole world is made of chemicals.. even you
are .. so I don't understand a remark like ''I am deathly allergic'' to
chemicals. That is just oxymoronic.
But look here how to get the cupric liquid for the dye: http://danceswithwool.wordpress.com/2008/06/02/wool-dyeing-copper-penny-blue/ but these directions are for wool. Wool is a protein fibre, while cotton is plant material. It is possible to use it on cotton & linen, but it requires the use of more chemicals. See http://geocities.com/anne_liese_w/Dyeing/dyemordants.htm (part way down the page), but you can not make it from plain copper. You can try the ammonia-copper mixture & see if it works on cotton. Try a small piece of fabric first to see what result you get.
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