Lac Extract 8ozLac Extract a red dye extract from the scale insect Laccifer lacca and can found throughout India, south east Asia, Nepal and south China. It is harvested from both wild and cultivated means. The female lac insects invade host trees and secretes a resin that contains the red dye. The resin is harvested and taken off the branches and is known as stick lac. The resin contains both shellac and dye. The dye is extracted from the resin and the remaining

What's in the Spiral Mix Felting Needles:

sun-drenched foliage

46 Gauge Crown — the finest needle in the range for absolute precision and final micro-corrections

Many dyestuffs contain tannin (black oak

Gauge: 38 — medium

It is primarily used as a mordant for cellulose and bast fibers

These are collected and ground for use as a tannin mordant

Weaving - a deep warm neutral for earthy

pale animal underbellies

Fiber Length: 90-110mm(approximate)

leaving the seed pod which bursts open 50-80 days after flowering

40-60 microns and length