Ferric Wood Dye

Materials: 2 tablespoon of Ferric Wood, 1 tablespoon of Mordant, 1 quart of water

Procedure: 1. Soak silk in water

     2. Prepare dye bath

     3. Add alum* Mordant, soak for 2-4 minutes

     4. Remove silk from dye bath

     5.  Rinse off with cold water

*1st Mordant, Alum (aluminum potassium sulfate),  2nd Iron (Ferric Sulfate)

Results: The silk dyed with the ferric wood dye and alum turned out yellow, the silk dyed with the ferric wood dye and iron turned out brown