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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;yourturntoloveit, post: 123619, member: 57&quot;]Bev, I think that refers to &quot;vat dye(s)&quot; / &quot;vat dyeing.&quot;&nbsp; I think it may also have some meaning as to the &quot;stability&quot; (<u>my</u> choice of that word) of the color(s).</p><p><br /></p><p>Thinking out loud I would say that a &quot;vat&quot; would mean the dyeing solution could/would be stirred/agitated with a &quot;paddle&quot; or mechanical device attached to the vat.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://textilelearner.blogspot.com/2012/01/vat-dyeing-process-textile-dyeing.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://textilelearner.blogspot.com/2012/01/vat-dyeing-process-textile-dyeing.html" rel="nofollow">http://textilelearner.blogspot.com/2012/01/vat-dyeing-process-textile-dyeing.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://textilefashionstudy.com/what-is-vat-dyes-properties-of-vat-dyes/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://textilefashionstudy.com/what-is-vat-dyes-properties-of-vat-dyes/" rel="nofollow">http://textilefashionstudy.com/what-is-vat-dyes-properties-of-vat-dyes/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>There are more references on-line to &quot;vat dye&quot; &quot;vat dyes&quot; (some quite academic from a &quot;chemical/chemistry of the process&quot; point of view). <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>P.S. Both of the pictured fabrics in this thread are lovely.</b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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