My husband returned from the grocery store carrying an overstuffed bag in each arm, his face obscured by a large…
Dyeing with Mushrooms: The Western Jack o’ Lantern
Last year while my Mom and I were dyeing with Western Jack o’ Lantern mushrooms (Omphalotus olivascens), I persuaded her…
How To Mordant: Alum
I created a video on how I mordant my wool before dyeing, and decided written instructions would make a nice…
Natural Dye Basics: New Video Series
Some of my favorite memories from a difficult spring, early pandemic, were the weekly Skype calls between my Mom, brother…
Summer Knit with Onion Skins
It was the quiet tick in the early morning that woke me from a restless sleep. A gentle reminder from…
Black Hollyhock Dye
Black hollyhocks bewilder me. Each year I add more plants to my garden, amazed at their height, their voracious bloom…
Marigold Dyed Sweater
My little dye garden is full of coreopsis, hollyhocks, two small loquat trees, and lots and lots of marigolds.…
Natural Dye using Onion Skins
Onion skins are an ideal natural dye. This is one of those kitchen scrap dyes, like dyeing with avocado seeds.…
Avocado Dye (with video!)
My freezer is littered with avocado pits. My husband, who organizes our small, family of five freezer, (no easy feat)…
Scattered, a Lesson. With a Loquat Dye.
Saturday morning I stood at our table preparing skeins for a mordant bath, lost in thought, when my 12 year…
