With Spring just around the corner, some will be thinking dye garden time. Some dye plants can be started indoors,…
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Wool Felt: how to test if your fleece will felt
This post may contain affiliate links. If you click on a link and buy a product we may earn a commission. Thanks. ************There are few things more frustrating than buying a raw fleece and finding out it won’t felt. Some sheep breeds…
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Natural Dyes: Resist and Conquer
This post may contain affiliate links. If you click on a link and buy a product we may earn a commission. Thanks. ************Have you ever dyed a skein of yarn, only to find that the ties were too tight and you had…
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Compost Colours: Five Natural Dyes from your Compost Pail
This post may contain affiliate links. If you click on a link and buy a product we may earn a commission. Thanks. ************Natural dyes can be fun, but they can also become expensive. Logwood, Indigo, Cochineal, and Weld… the list of high…
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Woad is me: Blue Monday
This post may contain affiliate links. If you click on a link and buy a product we may earn a commission. Thanks. ************I did not know that there was actually a day named “blue Monday” but apparently today’s the day. As part…
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Natural dyes: Preparing your woolly canvas
This post may contain affiliate links. If you click on a link and buy a product we may earn a commission. Thanks. ************No matter how good your natural dyes are, the colour will be impacted and changed by the natural fiber you…
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