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Lagslayer

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dye cloth or thread?
« on: December 16, 2010, 11:41:44 pm »
Due to my abandoned attempt to get past an aquifer, I'm falling back on a cloth economy. What would be the most efficient way to dye my items? Should I do it at the thread level or wait 'til I turn them into cloth?
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NecroRebel

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Re: dye cloth of thread?
« Reply #1 on: December 16, 2010, 11:45:11 pm »
It doesn't matter. If you dye the thread, when it is woven into cloth the cloth inherits the dye, including quality and color. Myself, I usually dye the cloth so I can turn off autoweaving of undyed cloth so my looms don't turn all of my silk thread (which I use for medical purposes) into cloth, as you can't tell the game to dye only plant thread.
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Re: dye cloth or thread?
« Reply #2 on: December 17, 2010, 12:58:14 am »
waitaminute, you mean you can't dye things twice?

I'd always assumed you could dye the thread, weave into cloth, then dye it again.
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Re: dye cloth or thread?
« Reply #3 on: December 17, 2010, 02:11:33 am »
Quote from: Lagslayer on December 16, 2010, 11:41:44 pm
Due to my abandoned attempt to get past an aquifer?

you mean "suspended,"  right?
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