discoloured roving

[Miss_Panda]

Is there anyway to make discoloured roving go away? it's white roving but from wearing it i take it the dirt outside has got on it and made it discolour slightly so was wondering if there was a way to make it white again

edit: will it be oki to wash it? but im unsure cause so of it is dyed black and i dunno what the seller used to dye it with so unsure if it will just run :/ so i was hoping there was a way to just wash the white parts.

[VixenSingsBlack]

Is it white or black? I'm confused. What part is white? What part is black?

[Jane Doe]

It can all depend on how the seller has made them.
(ie, if they're loosely or tightly felted, their dying methods, etc)
Chat to your seller. If they know their craft, they should be able to suggest something that suits their product.

That said, wool takes on colour very easily.
Natural dying processes means people "dye" wool using leaves, dirt, wood, etc.
So you mightn't be able to completely remove the colour

[VixenSingsBlack]

Off Topic: Ooooh, wood dying... how does that work?

[Jane Doe]

It all depends on the wood, but the gist of it is something like this.
Break the wood into smallish pieces (wood chips, or if your using seed pods crushing them is fine) soak the wood for 5 days or so, then boil up the liquid & wood chips.
Use different appropriate mordants to extract the dye color you're after.

Luckily in Australia the Eucalyptus trees already have a kind of mordant in them, so it's a whole lot more environmentally friendly

[Miss_Panda]

Is it white or black? I'm confused. What part is white? What part is black?

both they are transitionals

It can all depend on how the seller has made them.
(ie, if they're loosely or tightly felted, their dying methods, etc)
Chat to your seller. If they know their craft, they should be able to suggest something that suits their product.

That said, wool takes on colour very easily.
Natural dying processes means people "dye" wool using leaves, dirt, wood, etc.
So you mightn't be able to completely remove the colour

i'd say loosely felted as they are quite quishy and big as comapred to other peoples roving dreads