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Month: May 2017

Two plant dyers with a range of colors from different plants and different fibers

The Witches of Warwickshire

May 27, 2017

Ever since I started plant-dyeing a lot, I have thought of travel as more than a chance to see my friends in other places or to sit in a sardine tin of a seat eating airplane food: it has become a chance to see what plants are growing wild in other environments and to collect what my … More The Witches of Warwickshire

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Three versions of machine-knit poncho design

More Than It Seams 

May 10, 2017

When ponchos had their moment in the 1960’s and ‘70’s, I was immune to their charms. I’d been a few years too young to participate in the hippie movement, and by the time I was old enough to leave my parents’ house and live independently, the proto-punk cynicism of the hippies’ younger siblings caused me … More More Than It Seams 

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Current state of my “Johanna’s Jacket KAL” project. #knittersofinstagram #knitting #knitstagram #stricken #strick #strandedknitting #strandedcolorwork #naturaldye #naturaldyeing #doubleknitting
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Work-in-progress, a drop-shouldered jacket in a side-to-side construction hand-knitted from plant-dyed yarn. Also the wrong-side view of the pocket, knitted on the knitting machine with a Stitchworld pattern and vivid Wollmeise colors. #plantdyed #naturaldye #naturaldyes #knitting #knittersofinstagram #knitstagram #strick #stricken #machineknitting
Start of sleeves for a jacket with a side-to-side construction using yarn that I dyed with natural materials. #knitting #knitstagram #knittersofinstagram #stricken #naturaldye #naturaldyeing #plantdye
From yesterday’s walk at the reconstructed stream bank near my house. People from the Baltimore City Department of Public Works were there to look at the state of their previous work and to do more plantings, so I got to tell them how much I appreciated what they have done. I have never seen as many butterflies as I’ve seen this summer! #morningwalk #nature #butterfly #ilovebaltimore
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