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Taking a few days in North York Moors while we're

Taking a few days in North York Moors while we're up at the mill.

It's been raining...quite a bit...the Becks are swollen but we're the intrepid sort..boots of and across we go.

But this was before it started raining properly...you know that point when you give up trying to kid yourself you are going to get of the moor dry... squelchy squelchy

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This year's clip bagged and tagged ready to take t

This year's clip bagged and tagged ready to take to the mill today. Luckily sorting day was yesterday and the sun was out.

Not today. Today it's raining. Alot.

Very excited as I love a mill trip and this will be the first time to visit Paul at #halifaxspinningmill new place in Bridlington.

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Isn't this gorgeous! I WANT ONE!! Totally Elsing!

Isn't this gorgeous! I WANT ONE!!

Totally Elsing! Knitted by Nicky. She lives in my village and she knitted it with Fibreworkshop Norfolk Horn Natural, a yarn produced from the village flock.

#keepingitlocal

Such a special project!

Nicky also bakes excellent cakes...she's now my supplier for next year's workshops... Top result

The pattern is Witney Double-x Hooded Cardigan by Judy Lamb.

Great Buttons from @buttonqueenshop

Yarn available in the shop - link in bio

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Ummmm... yummy #yarnporn Friday! These lovelies

Ummmm... yummy #yarnporn Friday!

These lovelies are now in the shop (link in bio) Denim blue, forest green, madder pink 2, dock green and soft sage green.

Totally natural plant dyed on my Norfolk Horn 4-ply base. 25g skeins perfect for colourwork.

I got to keep playing long into the evening after mondays workshop. So waste not want not, I made good use of the dye baths we had made to produce some new colours for the Fibreworkshop Norfolk Horn yarn. I think it was well worth it, these are so beautiful!

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These 3 lovely people were booked in for a dye wor

These 3 lovely people were booked in for a dye workshop before covid changed plans and everything got cancelled. They stuck with me till we could find a day. And yesterday was their day.

We had a great day mashing, splashing, boiling and bubbling up a rainbow.

So thankyou @handmade_at_bramley_cottage, @andrea_theweavingpotter and Sue for your patience and for a really good day🙂

If you are interested in a small group dye workshop (max 4) message me for more information.

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Brilliant day with Jackie, Tracey and Nell playing

Brilliant day with Jackie, Tracey and Nell playing with Woad at my last Woad workshop this year.

Vats behaved themselves, fabulous blues and beautiful shabori on silk and cotton.

Great company and conversation. From soil to soil, through warp weighted looms, mushrooms and how to make and spin nettle fibre.

And the question: can you dye hair in a Woad vat?

A quick dunk and...

Why, yes you can!

There is always something new to learn 😃

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Next Saturday is the last Woad workshop I will be

Next Saturday is the last Woad workshop I will be running this year.

If you would care to join us for a days playing with Woad and indigo please book online at fibreworkshop.co.uk

We will be socially distanced outside in the fresh air at Elsing, Norfolk whilst we have a fun day learning about growing, harvesting and dyeing with Woad, our only native plant that gives indigo blue.

It's always an adventure... I love sharing this stuff... Fortunate to be able to do the thing that makes me happy😀

Message me if you would like more information

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Living vicariously with a farm visit this morning.

Living vicariously with a farm visit this morning.

I went to a meet a new flock of Norfolk Horns down in Hockwold cum Wilton which is deep in the Norfolk Brecks.

Some of the best fleeces I've had the pleasure of sorting this year. Clean, no contamination, healthy and beautifully sheared. Nothing makes me happier😀

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Annual trip out to @raveninghamsculpturetrail Wan

Annual trip out to @raveninghamsculpturetrail

Wandering around the lovely gardens...not scrumping walnuts...

Highlights: The beginning of a creative oddessy by Fern Spray, a very beautiful glass mosaic. The fungi like Crocheted Curiosities by @kally.woollenwood. and Decoys and Rovers by Nick Ball. Inspired reusing of 'waste' cycle wheels, no such thing as waste just a lack of imagination. I want to try this at home!

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indigo pigment extracted from 9kg woad. The slurr

indigo pigment extracted from 9kg woad.

The slurry from the biggest batch of woad I've ever processed in one go has been drying in the greenhouse for about a week. I managed to extract a respectable 36g of indigo. Given my equipment is probably not the most efficient for this upscaling experiment. I need to find a better method to filter out the indigo after its settled out from solution. Anyone have experience of this at a reasonable scale?

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Swatching a design idea for a cowl. Its in the F

Swatching a design idea for a cowl.

Its in the Fibreworkshop Norfolk Horn 4-ply Yarn - you really needed me to tell you that didn't you (no?)

I'm using the natural and woad. I love the warm blue of woad indigo. And I like the simplicity and pared back abstract graphics of Scandinavia style colour work. What do you think? Is it working?

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My final woad workshop this year. A full fun day

My final woad workshop this year.

A full fun day learning how to grow, harvest and extract indigo from woad.

We will spend the morning taking a trip to my woad crop where you will harvest leaf to bring back to process and prepare dye vats. In the afternoon we will be dyeing wool and other textiles in that beautiful blue and exploring overdying to make a range of colours.

Saturday 12th September 10am - 4pm

£65

Elsing, nr Dereham, Norfolk

Places limited, there are only 3 spaces available. If you would like to come message me for more information. Or book online at fibreworkshop dot co dot uk (link in bio)

If you are interested in introduction to natural dyeing workshop in the autumn please DM me for more information.

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Coreopsis on wool and cotton. The base yarn if Fi

Coreopsis on wool and cotton.

The base yarn if Fibreworkshop Norfolk Horn 4-ply in case you are wondering link to shop in bio ☝️

I also tested it on cotton. Old sheets make the perfect test subject. Not so good uptake of colour. But that might be due to slapdash mordanting on my part...

Mordanted with alum. I did three successive exhaust dips 1top, 2middle and 3bottom. modified with iron (2%), alkali (pH 9) and acid (ph3-4).

A lot of red in the dye bath. The alkali didn't change colour but did give it a richer tone. Lovely.

I love these colours. Definitely going to add this little beauty of a flower to the regular dyes I use on the Norfolk horn.

Hopefully it will keep on flowering for a few more weeks so I can harvest another batch before letting it set seed for next year. Makes me happy to see these little circles and connections in what I do😀

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@handmade_at_bramley_cottage these are the Coreops

@handmade_at_bramley_cottage these are the Coreopsis tinctoria flowers in yesterday's dye pot. I love them in the garden, pretty and joyful 🏵️

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Bubbling up a dye bath of coreopsis flowers (Coreo

Bubbling up a dye bath of coreopsis flowers (Coreopsis tinctoria)

Looks like there is alot of red in the bath. but what you see is almost never what you get. I'm expecting foxy oranges and gold yellows.

I've not tried coreopsis yet. They are a new addition to the garden this year. They have been flowering for a few weeks now. Really like the drifts of happy little flowers.

I've been picking the flowers every evening once the bees and insects have had their fill. Storing them in a paper bag in the greenhouse. There's 60g of dried and fresh flowers bubbling away.

Always exciting trying new things.

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Look what my birthday fairy bought my last week. I

Look what my birthday fairy bought my last week. I have coveted Domique Cardon's Natural Dyes for so long. But it's a big investment of a book.

And now my little library of the classic books on natural dyeing is complete. Which is good because I've broken out the dye station and have an overwhelming urge to try new things. But for now I'm lounging around, pouring over my new favourite book, drinking ginger beer and trying to not notice the heat.
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Today was woad harvest. Happy afternoon processi

Today was woad harvest.

Happy afternoon processing it all. Now I have two very large buckets of indigo pigment settling nicely.

Seriously though, this woad thing of mine is getting out of hand. This is about half of the crop and weighs 9kg. Every year I'm growing more.

Bit daunting as this is the biggest quantity I've processed in one session. Body aches but in a good way. Will definitely sleep tonight 😪

I was going to hang on until next week but I've been a bit slack with protecting all of it from cabbage whites. I spotted billowing clouds of the fluttering white lovelies and found eggs and caterpillars. Eeek! So just in time!

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Happy Norfolk Day 2020! Bit of a low key affair t

Happy Norfolk Day 2020!

Bit of a low key affair this year. Although for me every day is Norfolk Day.

I love working with sustainably produced wool sourced from small farmers in Norfolk that I hand dye using natural plant dyes that grow locally or have historical links to norfolks wool history.

We should all be celebrating the Norfolk Horn, Norfolk's indigenous sheep breed, its place and its people!

And in case you are wondering what this magnificent beautiful breed looks like swipe to the second photo. Gorgeous!

For more info visit the website - link in bio ☝️. Visitors welcome to the workshop by appointment contact me to book.

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Finished! Here's a sneaky peek of the new design

Finished! Here's a sneaky peek of the new design featuring the Norfolk Horn DK. Pattern coming soon

Timely as it's Norfolk Day on Monday 27th July 2020.

I love this yarn! It's proper Norfolk. Produced from Norfolk Horn fleece sourced from small producers in Norfolk. Doing my bit to support small farmers who work tirelessly to keep rare breeds and our heritage alive.

Link to shop up top in bio☝️

Visitors to the workshop are very welcome by appointment.

Come squish the yarns and see the naturally dyed colours up close!

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