Friday, November 25, 2011

A display of what I do

This was a bit of a display of what my studio holds. I handpaint yarn and fiber for fiber artists, weave and sell cones of yarn.

Monday, November 21, 2011

New project on the Loomcraft

This is a name draft overshot pattern designed by dje handwovens. The one I wove that she put into a kit at IWC was tencel and Rayon in lovely fall colors.  This is yarn from my studio, a handpainted 20/2 silk with handspun silk weft.  It's looking rather nice! It will be a scarf when finished.



Sunday, November 20, 2011

Natural Dye Workshops with Ric Rao

open fire getting dye stuffs ready



pile of undyed fiber

cochineal very purple

cochineal and oxalic acid for scarlet
snake weed

cosmos



full line of color

full line of colors!

samples of what we were aiming for




extracting liquid of walnut bath

all of us

all of us "down" so you can see more of the colorful yarn
Lots of fun!