Red Cedar
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Category: Weave and sew
Post #3252: Yellow and Brown Natural Dyes
Above photo illustrates colour comparison in yarn left to right: Cutch, Lobaria Pulmonaria, Myrobalan, Osage orange, Fustic – all using Knitpicks Gloss, fingering weight as base. Details on each below. Today I am cooking up a pot of red dye (madder) as I shift… Continue Reading “Post #3252: Yellow and Brown Natural Dyes”
Post #3247: Summer Textile School, Week 3
Things were really quiet around the house this week with Brian away for work and the family that has been living with us (until the end of the month due to a housing crisis) away. It was glorious and I spent every extra minute… Continue Reading “Post #3247: Summer Textile School, Week 3”
Post #3245: Summer Textile School Weeks 1 & 2
These posts may be of limited interest to some who read this blog, but since I use this space to document my own process, I will be posting “Summer Textile School” updates for the next couple of months. To recap: I am spending the… Continue Reading “Post #3245: Summer Textile School Weeks 1 & 2”
Post #3241: Dye Studio Planning
Every summer since we’ve moved here, I’ve decided that *this* is the summer I am going to set up an seasonal dye studio under the eave of my sewing/weaving/home office space, and every summer I get way busy and it doesn’t happen. You would… Continue Reading “Post #3241: Dye Studio Planning”
Post #3214: Unfinished Objects (UFOs)
On the weekend, Brian asked me to fix the busted strap on the courier bag he uses for his laptop and work papers. It’s one of two bags I made years ago – he wore the first one out after three years of daily… Continue Reading “Post #3214: Unfinished Objects (UFOs)”
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