Nicola, who is a potter by day and a Spinner by night showed us her latest obsession, natural dyeing. She showed us books (the Dyers Garden might be a future purchase), yarns (carefully labelled with plant and mordant information) and a stunning blanket she has knit up from samples of Madder and onion dyed wool yarn... Isn't it wonderful?!
She also shared with us the carefully documented and photo framed dye samples made by a friend's Grandmother. each tile had a dried sample of the plant and varying coloured swatches made using differing mordants and dye exhausts... Truly fascinating!
She is just starting out in her journey through natural dyeing, so it will be interesting to see how that progresses.
This is why I love group get-togethers... So much inspiration squeezed into one place just has to be infectious!
Have a fab weekend everyone... Sara xx
