Wool - Tribulations of Hand Spinning and Herbal Dyeing

As I paused to collect an armful of dock leaves, m y companion, Elinor Gotland sighed. "Why on earth bring home weeds when you...

A week ago I stood a tray of weld seeds in full sun on the greenhouse shelf because I'd decided long hours of daylight would germinate ...

I walked out into the garden thinking this could be the perfect day for sowing weld seeds and as I reached the greenhouse, my companion ...

Since salvaging dye from the neglected Japanese Indigo plants of 2017 proved such an unexpected success, I felt much less pressure to u...

My companion and I stood on the doorstep, bracing ourselves to step out into the June rain drenching the garden. "At least you won...

"Perhaps I could  mordant six small skeins of yarn, two of each with alum, iron and rhubarb,  dissolve the calcium carbonate a day in ...

My companion, Elinor Gotland and I climbed over a huge silver birch fallen right across our path through the woods. "Isn't it o...

On the first of April I turned the page of my calendar  to see a picture of dandelion dyes. The day was  sunny and light of heart with th...

"The onion skin bag turned out alright, didn't it Beaut? No need for all that doom and gloom."  I  drank my tea and  admir...