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

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 … More

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 … More

Black Hollyhock Dye

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

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. … More

Avocado Dye (with video!)

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

Natural Dye – Privet Berries

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

Spring Yellow with Acacia Flowers

Raising boys into men isn’t easy. Expectations from them, their expectations of me, setting boundaries, upholding them against young stubbornness … More

Dyeing with Marigolds

Marigolds are one of the easiest flowers to experiment with due to accessibility and a simple dye process, yet here … More

Avocado Dye: Skins and Pits

    Last weekend I was overcome with creative restlessness. That emotion plus rain usually leads to a new project. … More