Fiber foolery

I wasn’t going to do Fiber Friday this week, just because, but then as I was mordanting more yarn, I got to thinking: Will the metals in mordants affect acid dye in any way?

When it comes to alum, no, apparently not. Tin however, is a slightly different matter (left):

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Whereupon I promptly overdyed all three hanks just a little bit:

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