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Natural dyeing with eucalyptus bark.

Posted in Dyeing, self sufficiency, spinning, tagged , , , , on November 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

My spinning carries on in the background. I have bought a wheel and keep practising. I have finally reached the stage where I can start to dye my wool. Here is some I dyed with  dried eucalyptus bark from a tree my neighbour was felling a couple of years ago. I mordanted it with alum [...]

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A quick request.

Posted in Dyeing, Home brewing, beekeeping, crochet, self sufficiency, spinning, tagged , , , , , on September 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

If you are visiting this site (particularly from the US) please help support our campaign against the Chinese fur trade. I run a seperate family friendly blog on the subject…see Boris’s campaigning blog on right. Please visit it and pass the details on to friends. The Chinese skin animals WHILE STILL CONSCIOUS for the fur [...]

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Would you like to drink the stuff that dyed this?

Posted in Dyeing, tagged , on August 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Well I know I wouldn’t. I kept reading about Kool Aid on US sites. I couldn’t believe its a drink that people also use to dye wool! Whats worse, according to Wiki you can dye your hair with it as well! I am not sure it wouldn’t attract wasps! It has quite a following, and I [...]

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Mad about craftwork of all kinds

Posted in Dyeing, Home brewing, UFOs, beekeeping, crochet, self sufficiency, spinning, tagged , , , , , , , on August 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

I spend as much time as I can spare doing just about everykind of craft that you can think of, knitting, crochet, rug making, embroidery, and so on and so on. So if you like any of those things why not join me? My other passion is BORIS ( the wondercat) He has his own [...]

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