Winter makes you long for colour. With it's bleak grey skies and glittering white ground. Dull grey trees, and dark green evergreens. When all I want to do, is curl up before a blazing fire, with ... Read More about Five Creative Projects to Bust the Winter Blues
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Fall Natural Dye Colours
This post may contain affiliate links. If you click on a link and buy a product we may earn a commission. Thanks. ************Frosty days and cool nights, bring thoughts of dying to my mind. I don’t know about you, but I enjoy stalking the elusive fall dyes. Woad is more of a summer colour, and most yellows also dye in ... Read More about Fall Natural Dye Colours
Dyeing with Woad: 5 Tips for Maximum Dye Yield
This post may contain affiliate links. If you click on a link and buy a product we may earn a commission. Thanks. ************I received an inquiry last week concerning dyeing with woad and woad indigo. Indigo is a unique natural dye with far more variables than other natural dyes. Natural indigo is soured from three ... Read More about Dyeing with Woad: 5 Tips for Maximum Dye Yield
Successful Fibre Art: Preparation is Half the Battle Part 3 Prep for Dyeing
This post may contain affiliate links. If you click on a link and buy a product we may earn a commission. Thanks. ************This is the third part in the Preparation for Fibre Art series. Part one discussed the washing part of preparation, particularly for fleece, yarn, and fabric. Part two discussed card and combing ... Read More about Successful Fibre Art: Preparation is Half the Battle Part 3 Prep for Dyeing
Successful Fibre Art: Preparation is Half the Battle Part 2 Carding/Combing
This post may contain affiliate links. If you click on a link and buy a product we may earn a commission. Thanks. ************This is part two in my three part series on fibre preparation for successful fibre art. Part one dealt with fleece, roving, yarn, and fabric preparation through washing. This part two deals with ... Read More about Successful Fibre Art: Preparation is Half the Battle Part 2 Carding/Combing
Successful Fibre Art: Preparation is Half the Battle Part 1 Washing
This post may contain affiliate links. If you click on a link and buy a product we may earn a commission. Thanks. ************I had a conversation a few days ago, with a lady who was having difficulty with her fibre art attempts. Her roving was knotted, her yarn breaking, her natural dye either blotchy or fading. As we ... Read More about Successful Fibre Art: Preparation is Half the Battle Part 1 Washing