May flowers and such

More taquete

Staying at home has pushed me to move some long-term projects forward. I have been interested in weft-faced patterns for a while and have been trying to get my head around creating patterns. Taquete – which I saw somewhere described as “summer & winter with no tabby” – I will update this when I find… Continue reading May flowers and such

Springtime dyeing days

left to right: Lac dye bag of roving, skeins dyed with Lac, skeins dyed with marigold, skeins dyed with arbutus bark

Inspired by unseasonably warm weather last week I decided to get out my dye pots and use up some plant material I had collected – marigolds, onion skins and arbutus bark and savied over the past year or so. I grow marigolds (tagetes varieties) – mine are short, range in colour from yellow to deep… Continue reading Springtime dyeing days