Natural Dyeing with Dock Seeds (Buckwheat)

It can be found from city streets to farmyards and produces a range of colours including deep browns, oranges and yellows. For mordants, I used alum (aluminum sulfate) at 16% weight of fiber (WOF) and iron at 6% weight of fiber (WOF).

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