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Post by luvswool and dyestuff on May 1, 2015 12:30:18 GMT
My time has been split recently between natural dyeing and felting. One feeds the other. New colors inspire new felting projects. Here is a sneak preview of my dyeing with plants (no printing yet): Natural Dyeing by catwycliff, on Flickr I’ve also been doing more hand embroidery, teaching myself stitches I haven’t done in 30 years. What kind of fibers have you been using recently?
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Post by koffipot on May 1, 2015 15:06:40 GMT
My daily dose - just taking a break from hand rolling the edges. flic.kr/p/rsNYQP
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Post by MTRuth on May 1, 2015 16:08:46 GMT
Great colors Cathy. Can you tell us what you used for each color?
Judith - hand rolling edges is a lot of work but the scarf is gorgeous!
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Post by halay on May 1, 2015 17:38:06 GMT
Cathy which plants did you use to get these colours? Judith, watched a video on how to hand roll the edges - very time consuming but I guess it is the only way to make nice looking edges on silk.
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Post by Pandagirl on May 1, 2015 18:46:16 GMT
Judith, the scarf is gorgeous. I have tried hand rolled edges and it is not as easy as it may look as you well know!
Cathy, I love those colors. I can't wait to see what you do with them.
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Post by luvswool and dyestuff on May 1, 2015 20:03:09 GMT
From left to right, I used fresh pine needles, madder and logwood. I’ve written a post for an upcoming Studio blog explaining in detail.
Love the scarf, Judith, but hand rolling hems is not for the timid…takes a special kind of patience.
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Post by koffipot on May 2, 2015 7:21:01 GMT
Cathy - I've been wanting to try Madder, it gives such beautiful reds - did you dig up the root? How do you think pine needles would work in eco-printing? As for the handrolling, yes it's tedious, but it gives an excuse to sit and not look too lazy!
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Post by zed on May 2, 2015 12:09:35 GMT
Oh, I feel terrible now, the first thing I do when I get silk scarves is tear off those edges. Lovely colours, Cathy, and gorgeous Scarf, Judith I'm slowly but surely getting near to finishing my e-book on embellishment fibres. I realised I'd never keep it under 25mb (I have 25mb spare with my file hosting service on the current plan) so I'm adding in all the things I didn't think I'd have room for, like photos of examples of fibres being used. One of my faves: Another fave: Grey Suffolk and banana fibre by zedster01, on Flickr
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Post by koffipot on May 2, 2015 12:38:37 GMT
Zed - Lovely textures, love the green,
I tear off the rolled edges on charity shop scarves because I want to rip them up for embellishments. I don't buy scarf blanks because they're more expensive than buying yardage. Perverse or what?
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Post by luvswool and dyestuff on May 2, 2015 13:06:55 GMT
Judith - Although I would like to say I dug up the madder roots, this city girl purchased the madder roots on-line from The Woolery. However, I snipped the clusters of pine needles from a large tree in the Ozarks. Judith, I imagine you could get prints from the pine but there would have to be mordants used, from what I’ve been reading. I will be looking for dye plants at the nurseries this Spring.
Zed - The green gold and white sample is intriguing--what fibers did you use?
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Post by zed on May 2, 2015 14:00:52 GMT
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Post by MTRuth on May 2, 2015 14:47:42 GMT
I love that piece of mouldy cheese too Zed
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Post by halay on May 2, 2015 16:12:52 GMT
I love frosty moss!
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Post by halay on May 2, 2015 16:16:31 GMT
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Post by MTRuth on May 2, 2015 16:30:07 GMT
Cute bag, Nada.
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