Show and Tell Week: Handspun shawl
Another month gone by, and no, I haven’t been very busy. At the moment I can’t even weave although I …
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Some yarny updates
Just a little collection of things I’ve been fiddling with since December, while running on half my usual steam. Just …
Weaving palettes
I got out some yarn piles and tried to arrange them in groups for weaving summer fabrics, relentlessly trying to …
Tansy leaves on silk
This year I’ve harvested much earlier compared to 2012 and 2013. No flowers in sight and the plants only half …
All that weld
…and nothing to do with it. That’s what I’ve been thinking every time I pass by my second year weld, …
Fennel dye
Natural dyeing with fennel | gather and grow. Last year I was inspired to sow bronze fennel, even though I …
Selling scraps
Birdie mentioned whether I’d sell the plant dyed yarns I’m not using (especially if they were fabrics). Raquel always wants …
Winter goldenrod
There have been comments about my use of freezer space 😉 so I thought I’d get at least one experiment …
Oak leaves
Green leaves picked September 11th. Dried some, frozen some, to dye on silk, cotton and a sample strip wool only. …
