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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]

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