Only two spots left in this beginner-level workshop at Antrim Handweaving Studio & Study. Sept. 13-14, 2013. Imagine learning to weave with merino, alpaca, silk or cashmere! Contact Margaret Russell at Antrim Handweaving, antrimhandweaving@comcast.net, or Betsy Martin at A Loom…
Okay, so I guess the natural dye bug bit me good on Saturday. And I don’t mean those little cochineal critters… I’ve been trawling the different Ravelry groups and really like this one: http://www.ravelry.com/groups/plants-to-dye-for Lots of sharing, as Ravelry does…
Not quite but I had someone contact me about a barn frame loom at the Historical Society in Kingston, NH. The heddles are disintegrating and the treadles (2) need retying. They were hoping a weaver or weavers might be willing…
“Mystery Dye” (St. John’s Wort), indigo, osage orange, lichen, cutch, onion skins, cochineal, black walnuts, tansy, goldenrod, logwood. Assorted wools, silk, alpaca, dog hair, a handwoven hankerchief, and t-shirts.
A perfect summer day…pondering the mystery dye…smiles and hugs and laughs…my special wooden tags…a riot of color on the fence…onion skins doing their magic…spinning in the shade…Peg’s beautiful walking stick…mixing it up with tansy then indigo…frogs in the dyepot…”I didn’t…
Have you heard that Margaret and Olivia have a mystery dye they will be bringing to our dye day? We MAY get a few clues but only those that show up on Saturday, the 24th will find out for sure.…
Nobo is hosting an All Natural Dye Day! When: Saturday, Aug. 24 from 9 am until approx. 3 pm Where: Kathleen Corcoran’s home in Amesbury What to bring: 1. No more than 1 pound of protein fiber skeined into four…
I’m feeling rather pleased with how my little upholstery job turned out. This is my No. 18 Name Unknown (Atwater) overshot/floatwork fabric. I used one side of the fabric on the seat and the other on the back. -Melissa