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Post by koffipot on Jun 1, 2016 6:42:30 GMT
Good morning all. June already and White Rabbits day. I'm just wool winding today. flic.kr/p/HCap4p
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Post by Teri Berry on Jun 1, 2016 11:00:23 GMT
Very nice yarn Judith, puts my "art" yarn to shame!
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Post by MTRuth on Jun 1, 2016 17:47:48 GMT
Wow Judith, that looks professional
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Post by Pandagirl on Jun 2, 2016 0:01:37 GMT
Gorgeous Judith!
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Post by luvswool and dyestuff on Jun 2, 2016 3:04:43 GMT
My daily doses lately have been mostly about natural dyeing with plants. Lately I have been working on cotton pieces to incorporate into my stitching projects, like this one: Dyeing cotton with madder by catwycliff, on Flickr BTW, if you try to click on my banner link above, you will come up empty. When the banner was created last year, I had a website I was paying monthly for, and at some point I decided to let it go.
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Post by luvswool and dyestuff on Jun 2, 2016 3:05:47 GMT
Love the colors of wool you are spinning, Judith! I’ve got my eye on the green ones…;-)
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Post by koffipot on Jun 2, 2016 6:43:45 GMT
Thanks Cathy, I have so much ivy on the garden walls and it does make a lovely dull green. If you decide to use it, it's best to leave the leaves in the dyepot with the fibre. It does take a bit more rinsing, but the colour is more intense. I'm also fortunate to have a huge Bronze Fennel which seeded itself just next to my herb garden and comes back every year. I use the leaves, soft branches and the flowers, whizz them up with a little water in the food processor (it's still food at this stage!!!) then make the dyebath. I find I get more depth of colour this way. The hard stems, which have a look of bamboo, I chop back in the autumn for use as hangers for wall art. We do use the leaves as a culinary herb too. Fennel really is an "all rounder" !
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Post by Shepherdess on Jun 2, 2016 10:44:14 GMT
Nice Spinning. Did you dye that red yourself? the madder is interesting, I always thought it was pinker for some reason. What colour do your get from fennel?
My daily does was spinning silk while keeping my MIL company in the hospital.
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Post by koffipot on Jun 2, 2016 15:01:55 GMT
Thank you Ann, I didn't dye it, this is some Scarlet Combed Merino top I had in my stash.
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Post by carole aka craftywoman on Jun 2, 2016 16:16:24 GMT
Cathy and Judith your dyeing is lovely, I'm keen to see what you do with all this lovely fibre, the only dye I've used is bought acid dyes, I would love to learn how to dye with plants - but I don't seem to have the time to practice, but I see there is a workshop in Glasgow at the botanical gardens, for me it would be worth spending a day with a dyer to find out what to do, then I can trundle off and have a go when I have time.
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Post by Frances on Jun 2, 2016 16:31:50 GMT
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Post by MTRuth on Jun 2, 2016 17:05:59 GMT
Nice dyeing Cathy. By the way, I changed the link on the header to your wordpress site. Hope that's OK. Frances, love the poppies and the lupines. I have lots of photos just like these
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Post by luvswool and dyestuff on Jun 2, 2016 18:32:58 GMT
Thanks, Ruth. That’s very helpful!
Carole, there’s so much dyeing info. on line and it’s fun to experiment. And check out my blog on natural dyeing. I’ll bet the class at the Botanical Gardens would be great fun!
Judith, I plan to give the ivy a go but expect the results with cotton may be a bit different. I will keep you posted!
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Post by carole aka craftywoman on Jun 3, 2016 6:55:21 GMT
Where do I find your blog
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Post by koffipot on Jun 3, 2016 12:04:49 GMT
Thanks, Ruth. That’s very helpful! Carole, there’s so much dyeing info. on line and it’s fun to experiment. And check out my blog on natural dyeing. I’ll bet the class at the Botanical Gardens would be great fun! Judith, I plan to give the ivy a go but expect the results with cotton may be a bit different. I will keep you posted! You could use a Tannin mordant which is good on vegetable fibres.
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