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Pure Tinctoria: April 2012
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Notes from the sketchbooks and archives of a dyer and her friends. Thursday, 12 April 2012. Reduce Your Carbon Footprint - spin, weave and dye your own clothes! Heres another great video, this time about harvesting the humble nettle, like flax, and making your own clothes with it. I was so inspired I bought the book off Amazon. And am reading it as I write! It's so interesting and a must read for anyone who is half way into sustainability and reducing their carbon footprint. Posted by Alison Daykin.
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Pure Tinctoria: May 2013
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Notes from the sketchbooks and archives of a dyer and her friends. Thursday, 2 May 2013. During this years show I did a number of demonstrations on dyeing with extracts using the "All-in-One" dyeing method. The first demo on each day was painting tops and hanks and could also be used on warps. On Saturday I "painted" two 50g bumps of Blue Face Leicester tops and one 100g hank of Blue Faced Leicester lace weight yarn with Lodhra Bark and Kamala. Left: Two Baths Right: Injection Dyed. How the hanks look!
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Pure Tinctoria: Wonderwool Wales 2
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Notes from the sketchbooks and archives of a dyer and her friends. Thursday, 2 May 2013. During this years show I did a number of demonstrations on dyeing with extracts using the "All-in-One" dyeing method. The first demo on each day was painting tops and hanks and could also be used on warps. On Saturday I "painted" two 50g bumps of Blue Face Leicester tops and one 100g hank of Blue Faced Leicester lace weight yarn with Lodhra Bark and Kamala. Left: Two Baths Right: Injection Dyed. How the hanks look!
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Pure Tinctoria: June 2011
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Notes from the sketchbooks and archives of a dyer and her friends. Sunday, 5 June 2011. At Wonderwool Wales this year the lovely Deborah Allen purchased some of our chunky boucle yarn from the discontinued basket. We can't get anymore of this divine yarn, it's no longer spun, so Deborah bought the lot! Since then she's been busy crocheting the yarn into a fabulous jacket and I couldn't resist letting you see her handiwork and the beautiful colours. Well done, Deborah, your work is truly inspiring. From r...
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Pure Tinctoria: April 2011
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Notes from the sketchbooks and archives of a dyer and her friends. Saturday, 2 April 2011. Colour Palette of the Month - April! Last month Jane Deane, Amanda Hannaford, Helen Melvin and I were in The Hague for a workshop. It was arranged by Dineke de With, who lives in Leidschendam just north of the city. We were making our way to catch the tram into The Hague when we came across this building which immediately made Jane and I think "Rug"! I'd be interested to know. From Left to Right:. Links to this post.
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Pure Tinctoria: October 2011
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Notes from the sketchbooks and archives of a dyer and her friends. Thursday, 13 October 2011. Colour Palette of the Month - October! While I was looking through my image collection for this months inspiration I came across this image which was "snapped" in August, when we were exploring out new area. During a walk we came across an old tree that had been blown over in the wind and in the hole where the roots had been a lot of bracket fungi were growing. What do you all think? Posted by Alison Daykin.
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the shapeshifter: July 2010
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Art, life and soul therapy. A candle loses nothing by giving its light to another candle. Saturday, 17 July 2010. Show days and Groups. The month of June quickly became July; and with this month came show days, craft days and new groups. Market Bosworth was the first show. I wasn't exhibiting. Unfortunately non of my photos turned out; but suffice to say that it was a lovely day. The weather was perfect, with a lovely summer breeze keeping us cool in the very warm sunshine. For those of you who don't kno...
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Pure Tinctoria: New Indigo Vat Recipes
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Notes from the sketchbooks and archives of a dyer and her friends. Monday, 9 April 2012. New Indigo Vat Recipes. Last year a group of us went to ISEND, the International Symposium and Exhibition on Natural Dyeing, in La Rochelle, France. While there we went to a workshop with Michel Garcia. Jane has been enthusiastically spreading the word about Michel's new eco-vats, with his blessing, as he want's us all to spread the word too! So here's my first venture in successful eco-vats, a Banana Vat! I stirred ...
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Pure Tinctoria: A Preview of the latest Michel Garcia DVD Workshop
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Notes from the sketchbooks and archives of a dyer and her friends. Wednesday, 11 April 2012. A Preview of the latest Michel Garcia DVD Workshop. This preview of Michel Garcia's new DVD, Natural Dye Workshop with Michel Garcia - Colour of Provence Using Sustainable Methods, is well worth watching and has prompted me to keep up my work on dyeing sustainably and to try to get a copy of the DVD. Posted by Alison Daykin. Labels: Colours of Provence using Sustainable Methods. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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Pure Tinctoria: September 2011
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Notes from the sketchbooks and archives of a dyer and her friends. Sunday, 11 September 2011. Colour Palette of the Month - September! I'm afraid I missed last month, with our move, I completely forgot to post the palette I'd selected, so here it is now, for September! This is a lovely palette for natural dyeing, so tell me what dyes or dye extracts you'd use and how you'd get the shades? Would you use any modifiers or would you go for the pure dyes? Posted by Alison Daykin. Links to this post. And is de...