Golden Yellow GOTS thread Linen 95 x 120cm
This textured, light-weight Linen has been lovingly scoured, mordanted and dyed using Crackerjack African Marigolds.
Crackerjack African Marigolds achieve a deep and colourfast golden mustard on cellulose and protein fibres. Their massive, frilly blooms start popping in July and continue long into September, if the weather isn’t too wet.
Their scent is gorgeously strong, meaning pollinators love them!
This textured, light-weight Linen has been lovingly scoured, mordanted and dyed using Crackerjack African Marigolds.
Crackerjack African Marigolds achieve a deep and colourfast golden mustard on cellulose and protein fibres. Their massive, frilly blooms start popping in July and continue long into September, if the weather isn’t too wet.
Their scent is gorgeously strong, meaning pollinators love them!
This textured, light-weight Linen has been lovingly scoured, mordanted and dyed using Crackerjack African Marigolds.
Crackerjack African Marigolds achieve a deep and colourfast golden mustard on cellulose and protein fibres. Their massive, frilly blooms start popping in July and continue long into September, if the weather isn’t too wet.
Their scent is gorgeously strong, meaning pollinators love them!
THE FABRIC’S STORY SO FAR:
This linen is not Organic but it is made using GOTS certified thread by a women’s weaving collective in Kerala, India.
This linen has firstly been scoured by PIGMENT, removing any oils or debris from the manufacturing process. This involves a high temperature wash using a PH-neutral soap, and a rinse to follow.
It was then added to an English Oak Gall mordant bath, soaking for 8 hours to add essential tannins to the fibre, allowing it to absorb the dye. A second mordant bath using Aluminium Sulphate and Soda Ash was then created, which increases colourfastness and vibrancy to the fibre, once added. This is then followed by an intense rinse.
The dyeing process takes the dried dye plant through a steeping process, then is extracted and the fibre is then added. The colour deepens the longer you leave the fibre in.
SPECIFICATION AND AFTERCARE:
This 95 x 120cm of linen weighs approximately 135g. Some colour variation is expected with natural dyeing techniques. Shrinkage has occurred during the process, hence the measurements.
Wash on the “hand wash” (20 degrees) setting on your machine if making into garments, etc. Dry out of direct sunlight.
Our farming systems mean that we improve the soil we work on, and help people with additional needs to reach employment through training and work support on-site.
These fabrics are hand packed by us and our trainees in cardboard boxes, compostable paper packaging and sealed with compostable labels.
