How to Mordant Wool and Silk with Alum

Mordant your wool or silk natural fibers with alum for a more vibrant, and long-lasting color. How to Scour Plant and Animal Fibers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmJ38Wi9JjY Tools and Materials: - Pot of water - Stirring spoon - Scale: https://amzn.to/3kb44MY - Protein (animal) fibers - Measuring spoons - Bowls - Aluminum sulfate: https://amzn.to/3k906EJ - Cream of Tartar: https://amzn.to/3mhmbUc - Ziplock bags - Thermometer - Small jar of water - Small jar Join my Basket-a-Month Club and learn how to weave a series of twelve baskets over twelve months. Each basket builds on previous skills learned. For more information: https://www.textileindie.com/textile-indies-basket-a-month-club/ Do you want more textile and fiber arts resources, tutorials, and inspiration? Sign up for my bi-monthly email update and you will receive my lists of ten resources for each fiber art category as well as news on new tutorials, courses, fiber artists to get inspired by, and more. Sign up for Textile Indies email update: https://textileindie.ck.page/4d26340cfc Visit www.textileindie.com for more in fiber arts: basket weaving, natural dyeing, felting, spinning, and more. Chapters: 00:00 Tools and materials 00:22 Protein fibers - animal fibers 00:40 Scouring fibers 00:58 What is a mordant? 01:23 Weight of Fiber 02:18 Calculating mordant amounts 04:11 Wetting mordant 04:53 Making a mordant bath 06:16 Soaking fibers in mordant 06:44 Storing mordanted fibers Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/textileindie/ Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/TextileIndie/_saved/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/textileindie Website: https://www.textileindie.com/ Subscribe: https://youtube.com/c/textileindie Recommended Playlists: Natural Dyeing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ED17NjmDmZ4&list=PLvVFPjLTi89gviDymRTcN4wIbGRdxiT3E Basket Weaving: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DknHKMRGxeQ&list=PLvVFPjLTi89iZ-JDQTMlPoHoP7ArGEmc9 Wet Felting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RfLPSH-dGQ&lis