Lo Kao Green - Pigments- Merino, Sari Silk, Mulberry Silk & Llama. 100g

Soft, shiny, with lots of beautiful texture from the Sari Silk. 

In 1845 Lo Kao Green swept through Europe. A true green dye, something that nature doesn't readily provide. Most greens had to be made by using a blue dye like indigo and overdying with a yellow dye like weld. Lo Kao Green was made from the bark of Buckthorn trees. European Buckthorn had been used for years, the leaves produce a yellow that was used in dye and paint. Lo Kao green was a far more complex dye to produce, the bark has to be boiled for several days, then a length of cloth is added. Several days later the cloth is removed, left to dry in the sunshine, and then bought inside and where the sun had touched the brown gunge from the bark it had changed to green. The cloth was then reboiled removing the green sediment, which was then sold for extraordinarily high prices. This price meant it was one of the first natural dyes that was comply replaced by the newly discovered synthetic dyes in the 1870s. 

Colour Description- Tones of green with an orange streak

This range of fibres will use the same fibre composition, and the collection will rotate through different colours and collections over time. Some colours will be restocked, and others may be temporary to allow space for other colours. Even if a colour is restocked the nature of the sari silk means it's unlikely that the next batch will be the same "dye lot". If consistency is going to be vital for your project please bear this in mind.

12.5% Llama,
12.5% Sari Silk,
12.5% Mulberry Silk,
62.5% Merino

100g

Hand wash only. 

All these fibres, with the exception of the recycled sari silk have been professionally dyed to Okeo-Tex 100 certification. Sari silk can sometimes be prone to colour bleeding, caution is advised on the first wash.