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Charcoal Black Plant Dyed Wool Thread Roman Style

Charcoal Black Plant Dyed Wool Thread Roman Style
Charcoal Black Plant Dyed Wool Thread Roman Style
Charcoal Black Plant Dyed Wool Thread Roman Style
Charcoal Black Plant Dyed Wool Thread Roman Style
Charcoal Black Plant Dyed Wool Thread Roman Style Charcoal Black Plant Dyed Wool Thread Roman Style Charcoal Black Plant Dyed Wool Thread Roman Style Charcoal Black Plant Dyed Wool Thread Roman Style
Charcoal Black Plant Dyed Wool Thread Roman Style
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This batch has been dyed using plants, minerals, and techniques from the various surviving papyri from Roman Egypt, which are fairly representative of dye techniques in use during the Roman Empire in Europe, North Africa, and probably West Asian parts of the Roman Empire as well. It is possible that they would have used this technique on naturally "black" wool, creating an even deeper black. This represents the technique as applied to naturally "white" wool.

This 2-ply thread can be used for to work various types of embroidery (plies NOT separable as with DMC or similar!), weaving narrow goods, eg, tablet weaving, or tapestry, at approx. 30 ends per inch, and also for braiding techniques such as fingerloop or lucet, and other historical and modern fiber arts.