Hello all, welcome January and welcome brand new year! I hope January has been good to you and you were able to ease into the year a bit. I had planned to check in sooner but over here it’s been a busy, busy start of […]
Category: Natural Dyeing
2022 Year Wrap up
I hope you all had a nice few days and that those who celebrate had a cosy holiday. I had meant to write a grand finale to my year in crafts here on the blog, but my household caught the sneeze and the last few […]
Natural Dyeing Across Islands: Onion Skins on Shetland and Texel Yarn
After the success of my onion dyeing adventure a while ago and the lush colour obtained from that dyebath, I was keen to do some more experiments. In this post I’ll be dyeing two island yarns with onion skins and showing you the results of […]
My First Wheel Spun Yarn
Hi all! You’d never guess it from the title, but in this post I’m going to be talking about how spinning on my wheel has been going and about the first few skeins to come of my wheel! My first evening behind my wheel was […]
Linen Hinterland, or the dress that was and then wasn’t naturally dyed
Hello makers, how is April treating you all? After a week of 20 degrees warm spring weather, we are now being peppered with hail, gales and snow at every turn. Ah, the life of an April dweller. Spare a thought for my poor blossoming apple […]
Natural Dyeing: Red Onion Skins on Istex
Hi all, First things first: Depending where you are reading this you’ll have already noticed this, but I decided to redo my website layout. Don’t worry, this is not going to be a seasonal thing or whatever. Ravelry’s launch of their new website a bit […]
Double, Double Toil and Trouble
Hey there, As you may have seen on my instagram, I’ve been experimenting with a whole new branch of yarncraft: natural dyeing! I planned to experiment with natural dying since the beginning of summer, but you know how it goes, and well I only got […]