This time of year offers the perfect excuse to bake cookies, sometimes for quick and easy DIY gifts, sometimes to…
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Mordants: Two Natural Dyes that Never Need a Mordant
This post may contain affiliate links. If you click on a link and buy a product we may earn a commission. Thanks. ************Sometimes, it is inconvenient in the extreme to mordant fiber. You may not have any normal mordants available, due to…
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Fiber Christmas Gift Ideas: Felted Knitting
This post may contain affiliate links. If you click on a link and buy a product we may earn a commission. Thanks. ************With the holidays around the corner, and gift giving looming for those who practice it, thoughts often turn to handmade…
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The Woad to a Sustainable Blue Part Four: The Modern View of Woad
This post may contain affiliate links. If you click on a link and buy a product we may earn a commission. Thanks. ************While woad is a beautiful and complex natural dye color, the plant itself has several prejudices against it. It is…
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Top Five Safe and Fun Natural Dyes to use with Kids
This post may contain affiliate links. If you click on a link and buy a product we may earn a commission. Thanks. ************Some of the most enjoyable times I have spent with natural dyes, was when I was teaching adults and families…
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The Woad to a Sustainable Blue Part 3: Advanced Dye Uses of the Woad Plant
This post may contain affiliate links. If you click on a link and buy a product we may earn a commission. Thanks. ************One of the fun things about natural dyes is being able to use the natural dye plant to its full…
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