To Color Wool Scarlet

Ingredients

• One ounce of cream of tartar
• one ounce of cochineal well powdered
• five ounces of muriate of tin
• This will do two pounds of goods

Method

1. 1

   Boil the dye and put in the goods.

2. 2

   Work briskly for fifteen minutes, then boil one and one-half hours, moving the goods about while boiling.

3. 3

   Wash in cold water and dry in a shady place.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The national course in home economics (1917) by Ruth Allen Beezley, page 357. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

TO COLOR WOOL SCARLET. One ounce of cream of tartar, one ounce of cochineal well powdered, five ounces of muriate of tin. This will do two pounds of goods

Cook this with the app: pantry check, scaling, and the assistant.