Tag: Gardening
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Naturally Dyed Mini-Skeins
I made these mini skeins by applying some dried flowers and plants to the yarn. The result is beautiful natural botanical dyed yarn. Some of the items I used to dye with were marigolds, hopi sunflower seeds, and onion skins. All of these items were grown in garden last summer in my new planter boxes. I…
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Dye Kits Are Available!
Embrace a touch of last summer. I have kits available that will supply you with mordanted fingering weight yarn (3 25g mini skeins) and 10g of dried flowers (from my garden) to dye your first skeins of yarn.The steps outlined in the kit are very simple. It’s as simple as 1,2,3. You provide the glass…
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2022 Natural Dyer’s Harvest
Can you believe it; last night after dinner on October 10th I was in the greenhouse packaging up all my dried flowers. I have learned so much this year. This year was my first time gardening to produce dried flowers to dye yarn and fibre with. I learned so much. Here are the highlights: I…
