Natural dye with Oak galls

Note I had to re-post this video because there was a problem with the audio! I also added some more to the end of the video 😊
While I was collecting acorns I came across these strange spiky things, growing out of the acorn cups. It turns out they are ‘Knopper galls’ a kind of oak gall made by the gall wasp.
Oak galls are a growth on the oak tree that contain lots of tannins, making them useful for making ink and natural dye.
I found so many oak galls that I decided to try some dye experiments.
I also sprouted the acorns I collected, hopefully I can grow some oak trees next year!
Thank you so much for watching and for your support!
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Chapters 📖
0:01 Collecting acorns
1:01 Knopper galls
1:24 Oak galls
2:23 Making dye
3:20 Dye resist
3:53 Iron sulphate mordant
4:23 Full moon
5:44 Dye experiments
5:54 Silk painting
7:03 Sprouted acorns
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