Recently, a friend was dyeing with this fabulous bug--Cochineal! That tiny little thing can give a variety of colors on your yarn. I have a bin filled with those precious jewels
but haven't dyed with them in years! Look like tiny raisins but these pin head size dried insects are hard as a rock! When soaked in dye bath, they burst forth with color.
My friend pushed me to get back into the dyeing game--so I pulled out all my RED books and poured over them. It was a good nudge back into color of the most importance to the world.
So many books written about this one tiny little insect that brings so much life to color RED
No color has fascinated the world through the ages than cochineal.
Sorry I don't have her book--next purchase maybe!
Soon, very soon, I hope I can post photos of my recent cochineal dyeing
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