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Permaculture magazine article
This Spring you can find us in Permaculture magazine. I wrote a ‘how to’ article on Natural Dyeing and Felt-Making. It’s an interesting magazine full of lots of great articles, with a really good course listings in the back.
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Also tagged craft, dyeing, Felting, fibres, fleece, mongolia, naturally dyed wool, wool
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Sorting Fleece
Last week I finally got around to sorting some more of my fleeces. I had been waiting for a sunny dry day so I could get them out and really work out what was worth washing and what was best to compost, I had a real mix. Ottie not very impressed! Most of my fleeces [...]
Posted in Craft - home & abroad
Also tagged Boreray, Cheviot, fleece, fleeces, Natural dyeing, Shetland, Soay, washing fleece, wool
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Outdoor felt-making
Saturday was the Cannich Gala day and, as we had a craft stall to fill, I had quite a lot of felting to do. Luckily the weather was good to us so most of it could be done outside – perfect; sunshine, water and wool! I ended up making bags, purses, glasses cases and Felted purse & glasses case [...]
Felting trip to Mongolia
Last summer I travelled to Mongolia with the aim of learning Mongolian felt making techniques. I landed in Ulaanbaatar and eventually met up with Arunaa, who is a social worker in Mongolia as well as a traditional felt teacher. Arunna has been involved in a number of felting projects. The felt making co-operative She took [...]