Steve wrote in
ews.com:

On Sat, 8 Mar 2008 03:17:20 +0000 (UTC), enigma
wrote:

i like to mess with fiber, both animal & vegetable (you can
spin milkweed, you know). spinning, dying, making it into
something. not necessarily useful, but sometimes just
amusing or cute.

Seen this?
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/24076
Vegetable Dyes by Ethel M. Mairet

no, i hadn't. thank you! the chapter on lichen dyes is
particularly interesting.
the book i have is Dyer's Garden by Rita Buchanan, who is
relatively local (same state). Dyer's Garden may be out of
print now, mine is over 10 years old, but i noticed she has a
new Weaver's Garden book out last time i was at Border's.
lee
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