That great golden yellow I pulled from the dye pot the other day? Turns out it wasn't the cedar. What you see in my hand there is a the result of using cedar only. (I did it twice, just to be sure) Chokecherry alone gave me a tan also, so is it the combo of the two that produced that yellow color?
I guess I'll have to try again. Crossing my fingers I strike gold.
I'll be putting some new goods in my shop tomorrow at noon CST if you'd like to stop by.
Have a good day, all.
Natural dyes can be just like that ;)
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and they both were mordanted with alum? while you are experimenting, add a smidge of washing soda to some of it--i've had it produce nice rosewood tones from birch bark.
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