Cloth Dyeing Linkspage

Brief article from Rosalie's Medieval Woman
A short and sweet article on on medieval dyestuffs, dyeing & colour names. http://rosaliegilbert.com/dyesandcolours.html

Natural Dyeing of Textiles
A modern introduction to dyeing textiles with natural dyes. http://practicalaction.org/docs/technical_information_service/dyeing_textiles.pdf

Medieval Textile Dyeing
Instructions for dyeing with the three main medieval dye plants. http://www.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/webdocs/mnm_mt29.pdf

Same source, but specifically on dyeing with woad: http://www.medievaltextiles.org/reprintGaylewoad.pdf

Dye Recipes & Step-by-Step Instructions
A short document from a natural dye vendor in Vancouver with dye recipes and some step-by-step instructions for dyeing natural fibers with natural dyes and natural mordants. http://www.maiwa.com/pdf/natural_dyeing.pdf

Also a datasheet exclusively on the topic of indigo & woad dyeing:  http://www.maiwa.com/pdf/indigo_data.pdf

All About Woad
UK based website all about woad (as the title suggests). There are instructions on making woad fermentation vats the traditional way with madder or urine and soda ash instead of modern chemicals like specralite. There are also instructions for making mauve and Lincoln green by overdying woad with madder and weld. http://www.woad.org.uk/index.html

Historic Dye Recipes
Transcriptions and translations of sections of manuscripts pertaining to dyeing cloth, with some 14th c. ones. http://www.elizabethancostume.net/dyes/

The Innsbruck Manuscript
A collection of 14th century dye recipes. http://www.elizabethancostume.net/dyes/innsbruck/

Medieval Mordants
http://caermear.atlantia.sca.org/A&S%20Files/Medieval%20Mordants.pdf

The Early History of Alum
Some information about where alum came from in the Middle Ages and how it got to Europe. http://www.wovepaper.co.uk/alumessay1.html



Wild Colours (UK)
This site sells natural dyes, but there are tons of dye recipes on it as well. http://www.wildcolours.co.uk/

Maiwa (Canada)
This is a vendor based out of Vancouver that sells natural dye extracts. Nathan has bought woad powder, madder powder, and dried weld from them so far, plus some Alum for mordanting. http://www.maiwa.com/home/supply/natural_dyes/