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Author Archives: Margaret Ford
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
Posted in Clothing, Knitting, Scarf
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I love mistletoe
OK, I know that’s like saying I love roses. Which roses? Name specific species! Leaves or flowers? Well, I don’t know more. I harvested “mistletoe” from a forest reserve in Western Australia and used it experimentally on fabric. Because it’s … Continue reading
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Dream Time Shawl
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
Natural Dyeing from the Greengrocer
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
Yarn Dyeing: Buyer Beware
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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Blue/citrus scarf
A month since my last blog and there’s not much to report. Stash-busting has sat alongside stash acquisitions, unfortunately. The Stitch and Craft Fair here in Perth was a great and unresisted temptation as Prudence Mapstone came over with a … Continue reading
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