Oak Gall - Whole - 8 oz Gauge_38 gauge It is an excellent pre-finishing

It is an excellent pre-finishing needle

quoton or qutun

Keeping at a secondary workstation or as a spare

Dyeing: The color needs to be extracted from the dried insects before dyeing

Type: Star Spiral — 4-sided star with twisted spiral shaft

Oak Gall - Whole - 8 oz Gauge_38 gauge It is an excellent pre-finishingGallnut or Oak Gall is used to mordant cellulose fibers and fabrics before the alum mordant is used. Alum does not combine as readily with cellulose fibers as it does with protein fibers. Tannin has a great affinity with cellulose fiber and once mordanted with tannin, alum combines well with the tannin fiber complex. Gallnuts from the oak tree are the earliest and richest source for natural tannin. They are produced by insects who deposit their eggs