Cochineal Dyed Delight: Jacquard's 1 Oz Jar Unleashed! Review

This product comes with minimal instructions so do your homework online. I didn't and instead followed the directions on the bottle. Strongly disappointed. The dye bath looked fine, but the color didn't hold at all. Now I know (after researching on the internet) that my water is too hard, I used the wrong stain and didn't leave it on long enough. This will likely work fine if you follow the instructions available online. Do not follow the instructions on the bottle when dyeing the fabric.

I was looking for a natural color to make pink Easter eggs (beets always make my eggs beige) and these little bugs worked great. About 10 insects were boiled in one liter of water until the water turned pink. Then they cooled the water and dyed the hard-boiled eggs by immersing them in the dye bath for several hours. The pink was very light and clean. Also, my daughter thought it was pretty cool that we used bugs to color the eggs. If you're wondering about the safety of using it with eggs, I…

As expected. Repeat purchase for home dyeing of silk fabrics, wool/silk/ and vegetable fibers for spinning, knitting, quilting, making up etc. This dye is not recommended for children's clothing as some may be delicate. Adults don't have this problem. This is the same creature that dyes food and cosmetics a crimson color. These little girls are organically harvested from prickly pear cacti when full of color and dried. To use them, pound them in a mortar and pestle that you don't want to push…