Filato The Natural Dye Studio: Sphinx

• Tipo: 4ply/Sock/Fingering
• Peso matassa: 100g
  
• Lunghezza matassa: 400m
  
• Ferri 2,5-3,5mm
  
• campione 10cm = 28 M

	British Falkland Merino L'allevamento ovino era in passato la principale fonte di reddito per le isole e gioca ancora un ruolo importante con le esportazioni di lana di alta qualità in UK: secondo le statistiche del governo delle Falkland ci sono oltre 500.000 ovini nelle isole. Circa il 40% dei greggi locali sono sulla West Falkland e il 60% sulla East Falkland.  Le razze di base sono Corriedale e Polwarth,  poi Dohne Merino, Merino da carne sudafricano, Afrinos ed altre razze  introdotte per migliorare la qualità della carne e le caratteristiche della lana.
Fibre : Fine	Breed Group : English

Dyes
All our dyes and mordants are sourced through a UK supplier.
We only use plant materials, such as wood chips, chopped roots and
leaves. We do not use natural dye extracts, as the raw materials are
processed to turn them into extracts and as far as I am concerned is
a totally un-necessary process.
We only use cream of tartar and alum as mordants. Alum (a rock salt)
is slightly abrasive in its crystal form however totally harmless when
dissolved in water. Cream of tartar is used in cake baking.
We do NOT use any of the metal mordants such as tin, copper, chrome
and iron, some of which are very toxic and all of which should not be
poured into the water system.
I believe it is better to lose a few colours from my range, than use
ingredients that are harmful.
All our spent dye material is composted and then used on our organic
dye garden, the plants of which are then eaten by the organic wild
rabbits, so please don't expect to see beautiful dye plants if you visit
the farm.

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