Flax Fibre Flax Linen Top Roving Vegan Spinning Fiber Flax or Linen is thought to be the oldest fibre used in the Western World with fabrics dating back to 10,000 BC. Flax […]
Flax Fibre
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Banana Fibre
Banana Spinning Fibre Natural Banana Viscose Top Roving Vegan Spinning Fiber The banana plant has been cultivated in Japan since the 13th Century for use in making fabrics and textiles. The tender […]
Pearl Infused Cellulose Fibre
Pearl Infused Cellulose Fibre Handspinnin Fibres: Pearl Infused Cellulose Roving Top, Spinning Fibre, flora fibre Please note: Since Pearls are made by oysters, this is not a vegan fibre. Post Views: 1
Milk Protein Fibre
Milk Protein Fibre Milk protein fibre is not strictly vegan, but vegetarian. Milk fibre was invented in the 1930’s and was called milk casein. The milk fibers were blended with wool with […]
Lichen Dyes: Xanthoria
Lichen Dyes: Xanthoria After a particularly windy night, I took a short walk along the Canal near our house. The wind had knocked down a lot of tree branches that were covered […]
Fungi Dye Sarcodon
Fungi Dye: Sarcodon inbricatus A few weeks ago, I discovered what looked like Sarcodon imbricatus (that grow under pine trees) or Sarcodon Squamosus (that grow under spruce trees) fungi growing amongst the […]
Smelly Dye Day: Birch Bark
Smelly Dye Day: Birch Bark Today’s plant dye vats are a bit smelly. Partly due to the mordants I have used and partly to a long fermentation (mostly because I forgot about […]
Dyeing with Logwood
Dyeing Plant Fibres with Logwood Logwood or Haematoxylon Campechianum comes from the heartwood of the logwood trees that grow in Mexico and Central and South America. Logwood can produce rich deep aubergine […]
Raglan
Knitted Raglan Jumper Pattern Kitted Raglan Sweater PatternThis is a hand knit sweater pattern that I designed for use with my handspun wool. I designed the pattern using knitting software by Knitware.ca, […]
No More Ads
Turn Off Ads For many years I have allowed Google to run advertising on my website, in order to help pay for some of the monthly website costs that I incur for […]
