Brazilwood natural dye gives crimsons, purples and pinks on premordanted yarns.

Difficulty Level:
Average
Time Required:
4-5 hours

Here’s How:

1. Use clean, premordanted wool or yarn.
2. Measure the Brazilwood chips (100% – 200% WOG) into a small dish.
3. Add alcohol to cover, and let stand for 2 hours.
4. Put treated Brazilwood into a nylon stocking and add into a heated dyepot for an hour.
5. Add the premordanted fibre or yarn into the dyepot and simmer for 1 hour.
6. Allow the dyepot to cool.
7. Remove the fibre or yarn from the dyepot, rinse and let dry.

Tips:

• You can re-use the Brazilwood chips in a later dyebath, though they will release less colour.
• Try alum or tin mordants for different shades of colour.
• Try ammonia or tin afterbaths. 

  Natural Dyes Index
  Brazilwood Dye
  How To Make an Alum Mordant
  How To Make a Tin Mordant
  Natural Dyes and Mordant Recipes

  Natural Dye Books
  Wild Color, Revised and Updated Edition: The Complete Guide to Making and Using Natural Dyes
  Botanical Colour at your Fingertips
  The Modern Natural Dyer: A Comprehensive Guide to Dyeing Silk, Wool, Linen and Cotton at Home
  A Weaver’s Garden: Growing Plants for Natural Dyes and Fibers

  The Rainbow Beneath My Feet: A Mushroom Dyer’s Field Guide
  Harvesting Color: How to Find Plants and Make Natural Dyes
  A Heritage of Colour: Natural Dyes Past and Present by Jenny Dean (2014-06-10)
  Wild Color, Revised and Updated Edition: The Complete Guide to Making and Using Natural Dyes
  The Art and Craft of Natural Dyeing: Traditional Recipes for Modern Use

• 
  EBAY – NATURAL DYES
  NATURAL DYES – US
  NATURAL DYES – UK