Summer School – Sock blanks! Today was an expanse of painting, stippling, sponging spraying and dipping. Everyone was given one of our beautiful undyed Bluefaced Leicester/nylon sock blanks – 100g of two-stranded knitted fabric – designed for dyeing and unravelling … [CLICK TO READ MORE]
Summer School and the colours are exploding everywhere! Three days into Summer School and we are having an amazing time! The students have been kept busy and so far the group have produced over 150 samples and between them have … [CLICK TO READ MORE]
Summer School Day One Day One was a helter skelter of introductions, lots of sampling, starting the first colourways (and a bit of maths!). Before the course, students were encouraged to bring inspiration images and objects and they had clearly … [CLICK TO READ MORE]
It’s busy here at the DT Crafts HQ as we’re off to the Association of Weavers, Spinners & Dyers Summer School at Askham Bryan College near York next week. I’m teaching a week long workshop called ‘Dyeing: A Technique (or … [CLICK TO READ MORE]
How gorgeous are these? One of the perks of our son and his girlfriend living with us is having access to Pip’s amazing nail art talents. My latest set of nail wraps are the cutest set with little knit stitches … [CLICK TO READ MORE]