The Dyeing of Woollen Fabrics

"The Dyeing of Woollen Fabrics" by Franklin Beech is a handbook from the early 1900s that explains how to dye wool, mainly for people who dyed wool for a living. It goes over the different ways to dye wool, the machines used, and the basics of dyeing itself to give people who dye wool the knowledge they need to make all sorts of colors and shades. The book starts by saying it's supposed to be a helpful guide for wool dyers, pointing out that it's important to have clear, thorough explanations for how dyeing works and the many dyes they can use. Beech writes about what wool fibers are made of chemically and why it's so important to know how different dyes mix with wool to create the colors you want. While it doesn't the science behind the dyes, it does try to connect what you do in practice with what you know in theory, which leads into looking closely at wool fibers and how they're dyed.