Sumac leaves (red) - Two samples steamed together
Ahimsa silk: Previously gold dyed produced Sumac light brown ecoprint.
Previous purple salvia steamed out to mauve.
Habotai silk : Previously Hesperanthe dyed blue - produced yellow-gold Sumac ecoprint.
Blue was steamed out replaced by pink: probably from the other tannin rich ground, or the Sumac leaves.
SUMAC jar of flower-seeds
Habotai silk soaked for a week produced strong deep gold (like eucalyptus bark). Sumac jar resulted in a deep orangey brown dye in jar in sunny window. Silk and wool strands in amaranthe jar turned pale yellow.
Wool scarf, knotted to get a variegated effect, soaking in Sumac flower seed dye liquid.
Fine Wool soaked in Sumac 48 hours. Took on a peachy gold colour. Knots made no difference to colour saturation when opened and washed.
Sumac dyed fine wool scarf was over eco-printed with large red Catalpa Bignonionides leaves. Stronger result than Catalpa wool scarf 1; so Sumac tannin helped the colour deepen. [more so than previously over-dyed Comfrey wool scarf which stayed yellowish background]