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Ithaca Waldorf Handwork & more: Adventures in natural dyeing
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Ithaca Waldorf Handwork and more. Monday, July 27, 2015. Adventures in natural dyeing. Yarn drying after the mordant process so I could store it before I used it. There was a lot of yarn this year - almost double and I'm not done yet - just a few more over-dyeing to go. I really love my yard. I found many great oranges this year. As always its so much fun to lay out the rainbow of colors and photograph them. I will get them all out soon let you see. Labels: custom dyed yarns. View my complete profile.
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Ithaca Waldorf Handwork & more: Greens and all the Rainbow Glory
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Ithaca Waldorf Handwork and more. Thursday, August 6, 2015. Greens and all the Rainbow Glory. Left to right strips: Goldenrod/Indigo(4), Indigo(4), Indigo/Cochineal(3), Logwood(1), Cochineal(2), Bloodroot(2), BlackWalnut(3),OsageOrange(1), Marigold(1), Goldenrod(2). I always have extra yarns around when I simmer up this many colors and dye bits and pieces. I have finally knit up a little swatch to show them off. Brown Sheep Worsted: OnionSkins, Marigold, BlackWalnut, Logwood, Blackwalnut/Logwood, Cochine...
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Ithaca Waldorf Handwork & more: Bloodroot Plant Dye
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Ithaca Waldorf Handwork and more. Friday, May 8, 2015. I have been dyeing a long time now and I am still finding new to-me dyes that are exciting. Bloodroot is the new one for me this Spring. Its an old Native American dye and has been used for centuries. What took me so long? Its orange - bright beautiful orange. I diced the fresh rhizomes up and warmed up the pot to just below boil. I also have a few drying and I am also putting this jar in the sun to see if a slow cool seep changes the color.
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Ithaca Waldorf Handwork & more: Plant Dyeing Workshop
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Ithaca Waldorf Handwork and more. Monday, May 4, 2015. I have finally taught a 'proper' workshop on plant dyeing. I have had many dyeing sessions with friend, and at work, but this one was the first attempt at an organized event. Thank you Craftstitute. For creating space here in Ithaca where artists can come and have a space to teach a class. I think it went off very well and I hope my - newly addicted to color friends - agree. Flower heads, Red Onion skins. And then a lichen. May 4, 2015 at 5:35 PM.
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Ithaca Waldorf Handwork & more: Re-Melting Stockmar Crayons
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Ithaca Waldorf Handwork and more. Sunday, March 8, 2015. I had so much fun this weekend. It took way too much time, but to play with melting swirling colors in small pots? Im all over that! This is years worth of old crayons from the waldorf school I teach at. The dark brown/red and the 2 blues are the hardest to sort - I had to draw to see the colors. I got much better at pouring. Large soup can (like Progressive soup - top red one) are a bit too large -. Don't fill the soup cans more than half full -.