No, I am not having dessert, just a bit of kitchen dying. Coffee and Walnuts Shibori lining Kitchen dying has been one of my activities this past year. Wanting to line a knitted scarf with silk, I decided to have my fun in the kitchen rather than downstairs in the dye lab. The silk was from theContinue reading “Coffee With My Walnuts Please”
Category Archives: Natural dying
Dying With The Purpura Pansa-A True Lost Art
Purple-stained fingers and nails are signs of a Purpura hunter and dyer On the Oaxaca coast of Mexico, a small band of sixteen men carry on an ancient tradition. They coax a thimbleful of ink (really a narcotic to paralyze prey) from the mollusk Purpura Pansa. For centuries, this beautiful purple yarn has been wovenContinue reading “Dying With The Purpura Pansa-A True Lost Art”
My Sew Sew Life-Yoga Totes Redux
Indigo Shibori Yoga Totes Note on photo: The photo shows the front and back of the bags. One side has the double pockets and the other has the large circle motif. During the last day of a Natural Dye class (last summer) at the Kansas City Art Institute, our instructor gave us aContinue reading “My Sew Sew Life-Yoga Totes Redux”
MeadowTree Perspectives 