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Author Archives: Margaret Ford
Oh, What a Feeling!!
No, not Toyota***, but related. I’m watching the first day of the Brisbane Test match Australia vs Sri Lanka. As I start this blog the score is Sri Lanka 7/105, which partly accounts for my happiness. In parallel, as one … Continue reading
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Mulberries: maximising their impact
My next door neighbour knows I like to use natural dyes. Still, coming home in early summer to find a couple of containers of fresh mulberries on my porch was a real surprise. I knew, however, that she didn’t intend … Continue reading
Avocado pips and soy milk on cotton damask
I have previously used avocado pips in a high pH bath to produce pinkish colour on cotton. This time I wanted to explore the effect of variations in dyeing conditions. The conditions that we know affect colour are, inter alia, … Continue reading
Natural dyeing : a tongue in cheek look at the vicissitudes of a cotton sheet’s life
Life as a cotton sheet can be fraught. Not always of course. The lucky ones get bought by people who use them on their beds for years. They get to serve a very passive but important role. They mature and … Continue reading
Is soy milk a mordant?
Jenny Dean (1) doesn’t think so. She says…”I am rather puzzled by the many references I have seen recently to soya milk/soymilk “mordant”, as I would not describe soya milk as a mordant, rather as an assistant in certain dyeing and … Continue reading
Stash scrap helmet [or a beanie cover]
The brief: “Mum, I’d like a sort of hat that goes over the other hats. Neutral colours please.” For fishing and camping in the Snowy Mountains. The design points: *keep it simple *use stuff from the stash and choose thick yarns … Continue reading
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My first KAL
A KAL is knit-world speak for “knit-along”. I discovered that only recently when one of my usual Australian on-line yarn suppliers (Yarn Glorious Yarn at https://www.yarngloriousyarn.com.au) posted one on Ravelry (https://www.ravelry.com/groups/yarn-glorious-yarn). The KAL was for a particular design by Amsterdam based … Continue reading
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