Oak Gall - Whole - 8 oz Gauge_38 gauge Keeping at a secondary workstation

Keeping at a secondary workstation or as a spare

Barbs: 9 total (3 per side) for efficient fiber movement

Use a 40 or 42 gauge for detail and finishing work

It is an excellent pre-finishing needle

yet thin enough to allow feel of the item being held

Oak Gall - Whole - 8 oz Gauge_38 gauge Keeping at a secondary workstationGallnut or Oak Gall is used to mordant cellulose fibers and fabrics before the alum mordant is used. Alum does not combine as readily with cellulose fibers as it does with protein fibers. Tannin has a great affinity with cellulose fiber and once mordanted with tannin, alum combines well with the tannin fiber complex. Gallnuts from the oak tree are the earliest and richest source for natural tannin. They are produced by insects who deposit their eggs