Slate Color. — Boil yellow oak bark in an iron kettle until the strength is extracted.
Take out the bark, then add a very little copperas✪ Slate Color and you have a pretty color.— M.
A. v., Nashville, Tenn.
XXXII. Walnut Coloring-Black Walnut.
With Walnut Barks.— Walnut bark will color any shade from a light tan to
coal-black. Color the wool before carding as follows : Peel the bark from the body
of the tree — the bark of the root is the best. Put it iato a barrel, a layer of the bark
and wool alternately, till you till the barrel; then till up the barrel with rainwater.
Lay on the top heavy weights. Let it stand in the sun or some warm place till you
get the shade required.
With Butternut Bark. — Another way to color yarn, cloth or carpet rags, is
to boil a large iron kettlef ul of butternut-bark for four hours ; take out the bark, put
in a spoonful of copperas. If you wish a black put in more copperas or a little
blue vitriol — too much vitriol rots the goods. Then while the dye is boiling, put in
the goods and keep stirring and once every few minutes lift the goods with a stick
into the air, then put them under. And so on keep watching and moving them till
you get the shade required. If left folded or packed too tight they will spot. — Sauah
A. B., Shellsburg, Iowa.
Nearly Black. — Put the bark in an iron kettle, and boil until the strength is all
out; then skim out, and add about one teaspoonful of copperas to set the color, air-
ing the goods while boiling. If you wish to color woollens, omit the copperas. — H.
L. S., Bainbridge, Mich.
Butternut and Black- Walnut.— Peel the bark when the sap is up; put in a
kettle, cover with water and let stand until it sours; then boil an hour, throw out the
bark and put in the yarn, (woollen wet in soapsuds) cover it over with the bark and
weight it down in the dye. Let stand for a day, then wring it and hang it out in the
air for half a day. If it is not dark enough re-hcat the dye, put back the yarn and
let it stand as long again. It will be a nice brown that won't fade with washing.
Black walnut colors the darkest. I believe it would color black by having the dye
very strong and airing it often. — C. L., Adair, Mich.
Hickory-Bark Color. — Hickory bark will color a beautiful bright yellow, that
will not fade by use. It will color cotton and avooI. Have the bark shaved off or
hewed off, and chopped in small pieces, and put in a brass kettle or tin boiler, with
soft-water enoufh to cover the bark, and boil until the strength is out ; then skim out
the chips and put in alum. Have it pounded pretty tine. For a pailful of dye I
should put in two good handfuls, and wet the goods in warm water so there will be no
dry spots on them ; wring them as dry as you can, shake them out and put them into
the dye. Have a stick at hand to push them down and stir them immediately, so
they can have a chance all over alike. If the color is not deep and bright enough,
raise the foods out of the dye, lay them across a stick over the kettle, and put in
another handful of alum. Stir it well and dip again. It will want to be kept in the
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dye and over the fire to a scalding lieat about an liour, but keep stirring and airing, so
thiey will not spot.
XXXIII. Coloring Carpet Rags.
Drab, Green, etc. — S. P., Lapeer City, Mich., who not only colors, but weaves
her own carpets, gives the following: To color drab: Save your cold tea and put a
little copiDeras in it. Boil it up and skim it, and then put in your goods and let them
remain a short time.
To color cotton green: First color blue, and then put them in a yellow dye.
To color blue : For four pounds one ounce prussiatc potash, one ounce copperas,
one ounce of alum. Dissolve the alum and copperas in water enough to wet the
goods. Then jiut them in the potash, and let them remain ten minutes ; then put in
the copperas and alum. Let the dye be hot. ✪ To Color Cotton Green
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Slate Color. — Boil yellow oak bark in an iron kettle until the strength is extracted. Take out the bark, then add a very little copperas and you have a pretty color.— M. A. v., Nashville, Tenn.
XXXII. Walnut Coloring—Black Walnut.
With Walnut Barks.— Walnut bark will color any shade from a light tan to coal-black. Color the wool before carding as follows : Peel the bark from the body of the tree — the bark of the root is the best. Put it iato a barrel, a layer of the bark and wool alternately, till you till the barrel; then till up the barrel with rainwater. Lay on the top heavy weights. Let it stand in the sun or some warm place till you get the shade required.
With Butternut Bark. — Another way to color yarn, cloth or carpet rags, is to boil a large iron kettleful of butternut-bark for four hours ; take out the bark, put in a spoonful of copperas. If you wish a black put in more copperas or a little blue vitriol — too much vitriol rots the goods. Then while the dye is boiling, put in the goods and keep stirring and once every few minutes lift the goods with a stick into the air, then put them under. And so on keep watching and moving them till you get the shade required. If left folded or packed too tight they will spot. — Sarah A. B., Shellsburg, Iowa.
Nearly Black. — Put the bark in an iron kettle, and boil until the strength is all out; then skim out, and add about one teaspoonful of copperas to set the color, airing the goods while boiling. If you wish to color woollens, omit the copperas. — H. L. S., Bainbridge, Mich.
Butternut and Black-Walnut.— Peel the bark when the sap is up; put in a kettle, cover with water and let stand until it sours; then boil an hour, throw out the bark and put in the yarn, (woollen wet in soapsuds) cover it over with the bark and weight it down in the dye. Let stand for a day, then wring it and hang it out in the air for half a day. If it is not dark enough re-hcat the dye, put back the yarn and let it stand as long again. It will be a nice brown that won't fade with washing. Black walnut colors the darkest. I believe it would color black by having the dye very strong and airing it often. — C. L., Adair, Mich.
Hickory-Bark Color. — Hickory bark will color a beautiful bright yellow, that will not fade by use. It will color cotton and wool. Have the bark shaved off or hewed off, and chopped in small pieces, and put in a brass kettle or tin boiler, with soft-water enough to cover the bark, and boil until the strength is out ; then skim out the chips and put in alum. Have it pounded pretty tine. For a pailful of dye I should put in two good handfuls, and wet the goods in warm water so there will be no dry spots on them ; wring them as dry as you can, shake them out and put them into the dye. Have a stick at hand to push them down and stir them immediately, so they can have a chance all over alike. If the color is not deep and bright enough, raise the goods out of the dye, lay them across a stick over the kettle, and put in another handful of alum. Stir it well and dip again. It will want to be kept in the
dye and over the fire to a scalding lieat about an liour, but keep stirring and airing, so
they will not spot.
XXXIII. Coloring Carpet Rags.
Drab, Green, etc. — S. P., Lapeer City, Mich., who not only colors, but weaves her own carpets, gives the following: To color drab: Save your cold tea and put a little copiDeras in it. Boil it up and skim it, and then put in your goods and let them remain a short time.
To color cotton green: First color blue, and then put them in a yellow dye.
To color blue : For four pounds one ounce prussiatc potash, one ounce copperas, one ounce of alum. Dissolve the alum and copperas in water enough to wet the goods. Then jiut them in the potash, and let them remain ten minutes ; then put in the copperas and alum. Let the dye be hot.
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