Monthly Archives: June 2018

Dream Time Shawl

Posted on June 26, 2018 by Margaret Ford

I’ve called this blog Dream Time Shawl because that’s what its designer Teresa Dair called it. This project has been on the go (or off the boil) for several years since I bought the pattern and the yarn at the … Continue reading →

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Natural Dyeing from the Greengrocer

Posted on June 12, 2018 by Margaret Ford

Artistic inspiration, always an elusive commodity for me, has left the building over the past week.  It’s rainy and cold: it’s soup weather here in Western Australia. So my inner Earth Mother must have kicked in.  Why not add a … Continue reading →

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Yarn Dyeing: Buyer Beware

Posted on June 10, 2018 by Margaret Ford

Last weekend I went to a fibre fair in a rural town.  Although i love dyeing my own yarns, especially with plants, I couldn’t resist buying some skeins of 70:30 merino:silk yarn dyed by hand by the seller with  what … Continue reading →

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