Frozen flower dye

October 14, 2016

Last year weeds happened to my orange cosmos (it always starts growing very late for some reason – then blooms …

The yarn that wouldn’t

September 3, 2014

As I mentioned in passing yesterday, I had some non-results with dried walnut on one of my overdye projects. I …

September 2, 2014

For a while I’ve been recording facts about each yarn I’ve plant dyed, I’ve made solar and indirect light exposure …

October 30, 2013

Eager to try drum carding my Dorset fleeces (with a bit of Suffolk mixed in, they had not been separated) …

September 22, 2013

I needed a bit of blue to conclude my goldenrod chapter as well as testing if Dylon Color Run Remover …

August 7, 2013

It’s time right now here in DK at least to harvest the “feathers” from Phragmites australis.I haven’t used it before …

May 13, 2013

I wanted to test my new plant dyeing yarn type, which I’m very excited about. It’s not only cheaper than …

April 21, 2013

Soon the plant dyeing season will be upon us, so it’s time to find yarns and get them mordanted (I …

January 11, 2013

Just thought I’d mention that I’m still doing chemistry experiments on the hollyhock, more on Sunday! These are just 2 …