Dot's fibre to fabric

I enjoy handspinning & dyeing, and using yarns in knitting, handloom and inkle weaving.

Monday, 23 July 2007

Dyes from garden and hedgerow plants.

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Thinking that there were probably very good reasons why a certain range of natural dyes were used in industry (madder, weld, indigo, cutch.....
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Saturday, 21 July 2007

Today's reading: The Yarn Handbook

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It's a wet weekend, so while trying to persuade myself that I'd enjoy doing some gardening in spite of the weather, and well aware t...

Traditional Natural Dyes

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Attending a workshop on natural dyes gave me confidence to have a go at dyeing by myself. It turned out to be a simple process. You start wi...
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Dorothy
I live in the Derbyshire Peak District of England. I started handspinning in August 2005 and soon went on to learn about using natural dyes to colour my yarns. Then, in order to make good use of the handspun yarns I took up knitting needles and thought it would be a good idea to learn to weave. I still love my first loom - I have a 2nd hand 8-shaft Toika Norjaana floor loom, now joined by an 8 shaft Leclerc Voyageur table loom, a small 12-shaft Greg Meyer loom, and two rigid heddle looms. I have a floor-standing inkle loom and a band loom with drawloom attachment, and several spinning wheels. I am a member of the Online Guild of Weavers, Spinners and Dyers. On thing led to another, and in August 2010 I published the first edition of a British magazine for Handspinners: YarnMaker.
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