Dyeing silk, raw silk, will need to prepare so that no grease the island spotted the ashes go tanning? Called "ginger?" would make up lies and white silk and then to dye.
Staining it must be like to not have a fatty oil to purify the island. It uses lye from ashes to purify it called "pickle it" would make more white silk. Then it is dyed
Silk dyeing to bring raw silk to out to prevent the fat island. By using alkali from the ashes to purification, called "fixation?" will make silk white, then proceeded to dye.