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Wool Red

Is Red Heart Super Saver knitting wool available in the UK?

Or, any other American Knitting wools or crochet cottons

Red Heart is plain old worsted weight 100% acrylic yarn.

http://www.coatsandclark.com/Products/KnittingCrochet/Yarns/Medium/Red+Heart+Super+Saver+%28Regular%29.htm

Elle Pure Gold Aran is a good substitute:

http://www.hcscrafts.co.uk/index.php?category=630

If you want American yarn, Herrschners ships internationally.

http://www.herrschners.com/service.aspx?page=3#orders

http://www.yarncollection.com/service.aspx?page=3#orders

Spinning Red Wool $24.99 H. Armstrong Roberts Spinning Red Wool - Photographic Print

Red Heart Wool Scarf $180 The 'Cheap and Chic' signature in red along the length of this soft black wool scarf reflects the fun mood of a heart-shaped ball of yarn and golden knitting needles. A long black fringe completes the style. Signature envelope included. Made in Italy.

Boston Red Sox Wool Pennant $27.99 Honor the team... honor the tradition with a high quality wool pennant. The pennant is made of genuine wool, and features high quality embroidery and appliqu�. This wool pennant has a compelling combination of craftsmanship and quality. They are a generous 13"x32" in size.

Archie and the Red Wool $17.15 Archie is a curious, playful cat. He likes to explore and find things to play with and sometimes this means he gets into mischief. He is such a good boy most of the time. In this story he finds there are a lot of things he can do with a ball of red wool, including making a mess.This is a delightful illustrated verse story, ideal for early readers and appealing to all cat lovers, of whatever age. Author: Fairhurst, Joanne/ Fairhurst, Joanne Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 16 Publication Date: 2011/09/05 Language: English Dimensions: 8.50 x 8.50 x 0.04 inches

Peach Courture Red Wool Shawl $56.11 Wrap yourself in luxury with this handmade and hand-knotted wool shawl by Peach Couture. This richly-colored wrap is hand-dyed using Azo chemical-free dyes. Color options: RedHandmade and hand-knottedMade with Azo chemical-free dyesBraided fringe ends78 inches long x 28 inches wide 100-percent woolHand wash Made in NepalModel: Wool Red

Artist Studio 100% Wool Red & Black 8' Round Area Rug $1567.5 Artist Studio 100% Wool Red & Black 8' Round Area Rug

9' x 12' Flokati Area Rug - 100% Wool Red Color $1785 9' x 12' Flokati Area Rug - 100% Wool Red Color

Red Faux Wool Upper Round Close Toes Platform Pump Heels $18.99 Red Faux Wool Upper Round Close Toes Platform Pump Heels

Wool Gabardine Suiting Red/Black $9.98 This wool gabardine suiting fabric is perfect for cool weather fashions. It is appropriate for chic suits, skirts, dresses and jackets.

Wool Blend Crepe Suiting Red $6.98 This light weight wool blend crepe suiting features a smooth hand and full fold drape. Perfect for suiting, dresses, and jackets.

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Moose Red and Black Hooked Wool Square Pillow $68 Moose Red and Black Hooked Wool Square Pillow is available from bedbathstore.com for only $52.99. Shop bedbathstore for the best price and quality with Free Shipping.

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Psalms 24: A New Perspective.

Natural Dyes - Tips For Getting Bright Colours on Wool

I will share with you some secrets that I have learnt over the years on how you can get bright and strong colours with natural dyes. It is vital to both prepare the wool properly and to use tried and tested traditional natural dyes, such as woad, weld and madder etc. Chalk may help to brighten up some colours, whilst using rainwater is important for other colours. There are also a couple of easy tricks that you can use to get dark colours.

The wool

Some types of wool take colour better than others and white Blue-Faced Leicester wool is my favourite. Yarn is much easier to handle in the dye pot but you often get better dye penetration on clean fleece.

Knitted items, on the other hand, can be difficult to dye. You need about 10 litres of dye liquid for 100 grams of fibre and a 500 gram knitted jumper would, therefore, need a very large container.

Soaking

Whatever type of wool you use, it will benefit from being soaked in water for at least two hours. Soaking the wool opens up the fibres, making the wool easy to scour, mordant and dye; the fibre is also less likely to float at the top of the dye bath. Leaving the wool longer in the saucepan during any of the steps below can also help to produce darker colours.

Preparation

Failure to clean wool properly is one of the main reasons for not getting good colours from your dyes. Wool needs to be well scoured before it is dipped in the dye pot even if it has just been bought and looks clean. Scouring is much more than washing; when you scour you remove grease and oils from the fibre as well as dirt.

After scouring the wool needs to be mordanted. With the exception of woad and the indigos, most natural dyes do not adhere very well to the fibres and need the help of a mordant. A mordant is a chemical binding agent that adheres well to both the fibres and the dye. I use alum and cream of tartar to mordant wool.

The dyes

You will get much better colour if you use traditional natural dyes that have been tried and tested for hundreds of years. Tropical wood dyes such as brazilwood, logwood and fustic produce bright colours very easily. Cochineal is a very strong dye but it produces much brighter colours if you use rainwater.

Woad, weld and madder are some of the best European dyes. Madder likes hard water and adding a teaspoon of chalk to a madder dye bath makes for stronger reds. Chalk can also brighten wool dyed with weld considerably, changing it from a dull buff to an almost neon yellow.

It can be difficult to get dark blues with woad using a chemical vat as the Spectralite can strip the colour from the wool as fast as it is being deposited. The secret to very dark blues either with woad or indigo is to use a fermentation vat rather than a chemical vat.

Master dyers often build up the colour in layers. Rather than using a very strong dye bath, they re-mordant the wool after it has been dyed, and either put the wool back into the dye pot or over-dye it using another colour.

Proportions

Instead of using, for example, 100 gram of madder to 100 gram of wool to get red, you could try splitting the wool into three lots. Adding just the first batch to the dye bath made with 100 gram of madder should result in a very dark red. Take the first batch out and add the second batch. This way you end up with a gradation of very dark to light red, rather than an uniform medium red wool.

Easy tricks for dark colours

Adding a pinch of iron (as ferrous sulphate) at the end of the dye bath can darken the colours dramatically. Make sure you only use a pinch, as too much iron damages the fibres. It is also important to wash the wool well afterwards to remove all traces of iron.

The easiest way to get dark colours, however, is to start with dark wool. According to the British Coloured Sheep Breeders Association 'when coloured wool is over-dyed it develops a depth of colour far beyond that achievable with white wool'. My favourite coloured wools are grey Jacob's and brown Blue-Faced Leicester. This may give you the incentive to start exploring the wool of small and endangered breeds of sheep and even to start spinning.

About the Author

Teresinha Roberts is a Brazilian-born textile artist specialising in natural dyes. She is regularly invited to talk to weavers, spinners & dyers, environmental and other groups. Visit our website at
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