Cutch Chunks

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Sorry, this item has been sold out and no longer available. Cutch is brown dye that comes from the heartwood of the cutch tree, Acacia catechu. Cutch is excellent for dyeing cotton s and linens because it is high in tannins. Our cutch comes as chunks of the extracted dye, it is made by boiling the wood chips in water until the liquid becomes very thick. It is strained and poured out to harden as it cools down, then broken into chunks. It is a great dye to use in mixtures, try over dyeing it with indigo for dark grey greens. **The dyed fabrics pictured above are two different silks, a cotton jersey, a woven cotton, and a cotton linen blend. Everything was dyed at 100% WOF.** Show more