Colors To Dye For (Full color illustrated rug hookers' primitive color dyeing primer)

Full color illustrations of primitive style rugs by the author. Dyeing tips and formulas from professional and natural dyes. Rug hooking design, history, useful hints, and how-to for every rug hooker who loves primitive.
After years of success and pleasure as a painter of Narrative Americana Primitive paintings I turned my hand and my love of folk art toward primitive hooked rugs. I very soon realized that to get the wonderful, antiqued, "muddy" but delightful primitive colors I wanted for my rugs I would have to get very involved in dying my own wool. Thus began a fascinating education. I worked with commercial dyes that I experimented with to get even more wonderful colors and, through research, I learned that nature had many great offerings in my garden and the woods of Cape Cod where I live. Along the way I learned so very much about the process that I hope other hookers of primitive rugs will use my techniques and try my color experiments. Full-color illustrations of many of my favorite rugs are included along with a wealth of years of experimenting. This book is my gift to the sisterhood of wool alchemists everywhere!.