After the initial dye pot had little colour I threw some things in to see what would happen. I put in bicarb of soda and salt, a couple of handfuls of each, then boiled the bark again. And it worked, the colour of the dye pot was quite a rich brown. I put in yarn, piece of linen and some ric rac. The ric rac didn't take on much colour, but the rest did, a nice warm brown with a hint of pink. The yarn wrapped around the microwave tub was a ball I didn't unwind and just put in the pot. It did come out slightly lighter in the centre than the outside in colour. I wound it onto the pot to help dry it.
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