A wonderful natural dyeing day! We’re just back from a lovely teaching trip to Devon where we spent a day at The Loom Shed’s fabulous well, shed! What a great venue – so spacious and well-equipped and Louise and Liz are lovely hosts. Our students learned about the differences between fresh, dried, liquid and extract […]
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It was great to be back in my home town of Leeds to ‘ply’ our wares (sorry!) at the lovely Spring into Wool festival. We were blessed with good weather, great food and lots of lovely visitors so thank you to everyone who stopped by to say hello. After a couple of non-stop weeks in
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11th and 12th March 2023 – Buxton Pavilion Gardens After missing this lovely event last year due to being poorly, we’re delighted to be attending Buxton Wool Gathering this year! We’ll have all our usual goodies – dyes, undyed yarn, mordants & fixers, books & kits. Got a question or need some advice? If you’ve
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Rainbows from Nature – An Online Introduction to Natural Dyeing with Natural Dye Extracts with Debbie Tomkies Join me for my latest online workshop, dyeing with natural dye extracts. About the workshop In conjunction with The Loom Shed, I’ll be teaching this one-day workshop online. Join from the comfort of your own home/studio and dye along
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Having fun creating colour – naturally! We had a lovely time at the studio on my Introduction to Natural Dyeing workshop. It was a productive day with so many gorgeous colours and combinations emerging from the dyepots. My students took home their rainbow sample cards, learned about colour modifiers and tried out a range of
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https://vimeo.com/730558513 Well, you can’t run a workshop without play, er, sorry, practising first  ; ) Here’s the preparation stage. Folding the totes using folding, tie dye and shibori patterns using all manner of found objects and gadgets (medical clamps specially purchased – not your standard cutlery tray item, even in our house!). I’ll be
Indigo dyeing workshop – behind the scenes (part two)! Read More »
