7 hours ago, scubadoo97 said:We were collecting pits and grinding them up. My wife was using them for natural fiber dye. She was making felting from wool at the time. They make a really nice dye and a range of colors depending on the pH they are exposed to
Ah, yes..."mordanting." One of my favorite words, the year I was 10. "Anadromous" was high on the list that year, too (I learned it while the shad and gaspereaux were running).
(ETA: I read most of an encyclopedia and most of a dictionary that year, and literally had more words than I knew what to do with. In retrospect, I must have been hilarious to the adults around me as I tried to find casual ways to use them in conversation.)
