Kate Connally wrote:

> Yeah, that's the way I remember doing it. But there was
> another technique I tried where you put a leaf or something
> on the egg and then wrap it snuggly with an old stocking, cut
> up to fit, or I guess you could use cheesecloth. But after
> they are died and you remove the material and the leaf, or
> whatever, there is a white pattern left on the colored
> background. Neat!

My earlier post about this disappeared into the ether, I guess.

I mentioned that wrapping the egg in a red cabbage leaf the way
you say produces a blue marbled egg.

nancy