Mordanting

Here's the boring part -- mordanting the linen and waiting for it to dry. I'm mordanting in alternating dips of soy milk and baking soda. The soy milk is because the plant dyes bond with protein molecules, and the baking soda is because they adhere better in an alkaline environment.



I'm doing several dips each of soy milk and baking soda, so it takes quite a long time just to prepare the fabric before dyeing.