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Felt-making with pony -how we did it
I thought it might be quite handy to have a few instructions in case anyone wants to try this method at home! Part of the finished wall hanging! If you have watched the short film below, it gives you some idea of how we did it. We started by washing a dyeing local fleece. [...]
Posted in Craft - home & abroad
Also tagged Cheviot fleece, dyed, dyeing, fleece, hand dyed, Indigo, mongolian, natural dyes, needle felting, over dyed, Scotland, Shetland wool, Strathglass, wool
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Getting ready for the summer
For the last few weeks Alex and I have been getting ready for the season. Our friends Ele and Craig have lent us thier Mongolian Ger (Yurt), which we put up with the help of Julie last weekend. It was a last minute decision, as it looked like the weather was going to turn for the rest [...]
Posted in Craft - home & abroad, What's going on at the woods
Also tagged alpaca fleece, dyeing, fleeces, gorse, Indigo, Mongolian Ger, Yurt
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Growing Things!
At last we have our Polytunnel and it’s going up. It is amazing how many parts it came in. Luckily Alex neatly laid them all out in the barn and has systematically put it all together, adding his own little bits and bobs here and there. Before the skin was on Our soil has only [...]
Posted in What's going on at the woods
Also tagged dye garden, dye seeds, dyeing, heather, Highland, Indigo, Ladies Bedstraw, Ladies Mantle, making a dye garden, Marigold, polytunnel, Strathglass, Woad
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