December is a time of gift-giving, a way to show our love and appreciation. With that in mind, I want to give a gift.
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Welcome to my blog. I document my adventures in travel, style, and food. Hope you have a nice stay!
Welcome to my blog. I document my adventures in travel, style, and food. Hope you have a nice stay!
December is a time of gift-giving, a way to show our love and appreciation. With that in mind, I want to give a gift.
This summer, I started a Natural Dye series. The initial July 6 post, Planning and Fiber Preparation, was followed by five posts detailing my five days of actual dyeing. It ended with the Finale post on August 2. In September, I gave you a sneak peek of the dyed cotton on the Loom. Today’s post brings you to the completion of the Natural Dye Project.
One of my summer classes was “Inspirational Blending,” taught by the very talented Dia Robinson of Twisted Urban Fiber Arts.
What a fun five days of dyeing! Today I’ll show you the whole palette!
It’s Dye Day 3! On today’s menu is madder and quebracho, as well as a bit of forage into overdyeing.
To start Dye Day 2, I took the yarn out of the weld dye bath it had rested in overnight.
This is also cochineal dye day.
I’ve done the planning and the fiber prep; now it’s time to start dyeing!
First on today’s list is to dye with weld.
My online course, Weaving Krokbragd, has launched at the School of Sweet Georgia!
The course consists of over two hours of video instruction, a complete pattern for the course project, transcripts of all the videos, and a 20-page workbook filled with krokbragd weaving information and resources.
My last post, My Dye Studio, talked about participating in a 10-week online Natural Dyeing Study Group at the School of Sweet Georgia. I gave you a little tour of my dye studio and the equipment and tools I use for dyeing.
Since then, I have been planning the project to ultimately use what I will dye and preparing the fibers by scouring and mordanting.
This summer, I’m participating in a 10-week online Natural Dyeing Study Group at the School of Sweet Georgia. This week’s content covered preparing your space and tools. and provided a great opportunity to inventory and reorganize my dyeing equipment and supplies. While the studio is looking so tidy, I took some photos to share with you.
I’ve launched a photo gallery here on the Flora & Fiber website for posting images of krokbragd weaving. I hope that this will be a location where you can find enjoyment and inspiration.
Over the past year, the blog has been a little quiet. My writing time was devoted to my second book Krokbragd Patterns. I’m looking forward to getting back to blogging.
The blog has been a little silent for several months, but with good reason. I’ve been designing, writing, formatting, editing, and proofing my new book Krokbragd Patterns. It’s finished! My author copy arrives on April 1 (no fooling), and if all looks good, I’ll hit the publish button for April 7!
Those of you who have been visiting this blog for a while may remember that each year our guild, Carolina Spinners, Weavers & Knitters, has a color challenge.
Like many things about 2020, our attendance and challenge participation was not typical, however the projects themselves “knocked it out of the park”!
