New favourite colours

July 11, 2016

Do you have a favourite colour combination, just recently, or one that you keep returning to? Lately I’m a bit …

Show and Tell Week: Handspun shawl

October 25, 2015

Another month gone by, and no, I haven’t been very busy. At the moment I can’t even weave although I …

August 2, 2015

I know I said not to bother with Calendula officinalis, but as I was ridding my sadly very small weld …

April 11, 2015

Aaaand once more the garden is waking up, bit by bit. Another step up in temperature and I think it’s …

January 30, 2015

– and possibly an epiphany. It’s no secret that my plant dyeing has been neglected for a long time, and …

November 1, 2014

I remember sowing some carrots this summer, but then the dry, hot weather, my back and other issues, my laissez-faire …

November 28, 2013

Remember the fiber I bought at the sheep market? I’ve been wondering how I wanted to spin the variegated top …

October 4, 2013

I was going to talk about spinning today. And possibly knitting. But I’ve just been too knackered to do either…. …

July 31, 2013

Last time I tried to grow these, I got a few spindly stalks with hardly anything on them. Which means, …