Porpureyo

[helens_daughter]

Before reading Woven Threads and working on the Saffron Goddess from the last post, I hadn't known that the Minoans used murex purple in their frescoes.  Yet having also learned that murex shells could yield quite a bit more purple dye than previously assumed, I was pleased to find traces of it in the blouse of the Saffron Goddess and elsewhere

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[browngirl]

*takes notes*

I bouhgt a copy of _Woven Threads_ with my birthday money, on your recommendation. :)