Anna Kettle wrote:

On Sun, 22 May 2005 18:46:43 +0100, "Mary Fisher"
wrote:


Ah yes, Anna, that's what I was trying to remember! Thanks. But vegetable
dyes were known to have ben used.


Do you know any more about this? Some vegetable dyes are very strong,
like blackberry but I'm surprised they are fast


Perhaps they used woad?

Anna

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