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 … More

How To Mordant: Alum

I created a video on how I mordant my wool before dyeing, and decided written instructions would make a nice … More

Some of my favorite memories from a difficult spring, early pandemic, were the weekly Skype calls between my Mom, brother … More

It was the quiet tick in the early morning that woke me from a restless sleep. A gentle reminder from … More

Black hollyhocks bewilder me. Each year I add more plants to my garden, amazed at their height, their voracious bloom … More

My little dye garden is full of coreopsis, hollyhocks, two small loquat trees, and lots and lots of marigolds. … More

Onion skins are an ideal natural dye. This is one of those kitchen scrap dyes, like dyeing with avocado seeds. … More

My freezer is littered with avocado pits. My husband, who organizes our small, family of five freezer, (no easy feat) … More

Saturday morning I stood at our table preparing skeins for a mordant bath, lost in thought, when my 12 year … More

A considerate bird planted a privet bush against my fence a few years ago. This simple act created a food … More