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Dock leaves Lovely lovely grellowy green. The bot

Dock leaves

Lovely lovely grellowy green. The bottom one had a tiny pinch of iron, sent it away from yellow to khaki.
I first used dock leaves last year (@woollentide call to make use of these humble plants #dyeingwithdock ). I really like using wild hedge harvested plants like the humble dock. They thrive in abundance in places we don't value. Waste ground, roadsides unworked green spaces. That's not to say because we don't value them they don't have value, being rich habitats thriving without us. Their value is intrinsically in and of themselves..makes me sad when wild spaces get 'managed'. As a dyestuff docks are a remarkably strong source of green. And smell sweet in the pot. I can also report that the colour results are remarkably consistent with last year's.
These will be going in the shop later once they're properly dry.
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#naturaldye #naturaldyedyarn #dyersofinstagram #localcolour #wildcolour #colourwork #naturaldyersofinstagram #dockleaves #rumex #inspiredbynature #wildharvest #localcolour #handdyed #madeinnorfolk

Playing with colour. Ive been inspired by the tex

Playing with colour.

Ive been inspired by the textiles of #annialbers and #guntastölzl , both female icons of the Bauhaus school. Groundbreaking women who pushed their art (through the medium of their craft) and had a huge impact on the development of geometric abstraction in arts and design. If you are a product of the eighties you will see exactly just how big an influence you take a few moments to look at Anni Albers work in textiles and print.
Happy afternoon wrapping different colour combinations of the Norfolk horn inspired by these beautiful textiles. Wrapping is a brilliant way to test out different colour combinations in a low risk way...no time-consuming swatching and ripping when it goes pearshape. Often surprising results when you put odd ones together, some pop and have a party and others just suck the life out of each other, and not always the ones you expect. It's quite therapeutic and fun😁

Go to the Fibreworkshop link in bio ☝ to see all the lovely yarn colours to play with

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Madder reaching for the sky. Sean has been keepin

Madder reaching for the sky.

Sean has been keeping himself busy by making labels for the dye garden. I keep stumbling on new ones in unexpected places. Most amusing... #fibreworkshop #madder #plantlabels #dyersofinstagram #naturaldyes #plantdye #dyegarden #growyourowndyes #selfsufficiency #naturaldyeplants #sustainable #botanicaldye #plantsareawesome #doityourself #rubiatinctorum #amusingyourself

Coffee on wool. What do you do with out of date c

Coffee on wool.

What do you do with out of date coffee - and yes it was too disgusting to drink, I tried 😝 - give it a go in the dye pot. I didn't mordant yarn as coffee contains tannins. My reasoning is it should therefore be substantive, like walnuts. I did throw in a few acorns for good measure.
From l to r: first bath plus iron modifier, first bath, second bath.

The colour is ok. I prefer a more saturated colour. Had a ratio of 1fibre: 3coffee.

Would I bring coffee into my Norfolk Horn pallette? Probably not. I prefer my coffee in a cup ☕☕☕😋 #fibreworkshop
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Work in progress. A new design for the Norfolk Ho

Work in progress.

A new design for the Norfolk Horn DK is on the needles. The yarn is giving really good stitch definition. Normally I wouldnt use a woollen spun yarn but the Norfolk fleece has special superpowers that make it work.
I'm conscious that cabling can really eat up the yarn. Which is expensive and wasteful. Why? Well, 2 things going on. Firstly, lots of us have no jobs and that is not likely to change for a bit so money is going to be tight. Frugal is going to be bang on trend, always knew I would be fashionable one day. And secondly, given that our climate is getting hotter, not sure we will be needing super warm bulky aran jumpers. So I'm experimenting with cabling elements in combination with plain knit to stretch the yarn.

Getting the maths right has been testing, I'm not good with numbers, so there has been lots of muttering, swearing and the odd needle flying. But I think I've got it now.
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Woad in bloom. The sky is a perfect computer blue

Woad in bloom.

The sky is a perfect computer blue, the sound is of larks over the fields and of busy insects and the scent, oh my, the scent of warm sweet nectar fills the air. I'm supposed to be weeding and digging but just can't stop staring at it. I 💚woad. Deeply, deeply, profound moment of utter joy ☺

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Lovely logwood purples. These lovelies are in the

Lovely logwood purples.

These lovelies are in the shop link in bio up top ☝

A series of dips in the dye pot gives this great fade from deepest dark french navy, purples to a lavender grey.

I love the lavender grey, like alot of the paler shades it really changes tone with the light. One moment it's lavender the next a gunmetal grey. Either way i think it's great paired with the eye popping orange. Its going in the ideas book for my next colour work
Logwood is one of the few imported dyestuffs I use. It's a traditional dyestuff and I haven't yet discovered a homegrown plant that can give me these beautiful saturated purples and lavenders. But if you know of such a plant that grows in the uk please share😁 #Haematoxylincampecianum
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Update on #bethsshawl fundraising. Seems like a wh

Update on #bethsshawl fundraising. Seems like a whole lifetime since I decided to use the platform my secret knitting life had given me to do something good and joyful.
Well the world has shifted on its axis but I am amazed and humbled that it's raised this much for @barefootcollege #solarmamas.

I am loving all the completed shawls appearing, just beautiful.

And it just keeps going even in these strange days. 🙏Thankyou 🙏

#givingisgood #socialjustice ##climatejustice #doingmybit #charity #justgiving #knitters #empoweringwomen #givealittle #ravelry #littlewomenmovie #littlewomen2019 #littlewomenknits #littlewomenknitting #shawlknitting #bringlight #fundraising #fundraiser #solarengineering

New pattern Lazy Daisy Fingerless Gloves. Design

New pattern Lazy Daisy Fingerless Gloves.

Design features a geometric pattern of moss stitch and plain squares accented with a neat rib on the thumb and side seam. Embroidered with lazy daisies and French knots. I've put a gentle smatter of a posy as I'm not a girly girl but if you really want to go to town embroider flowers in as many squares as takes your fancy.
Knitted in Norfolk Horn 4ply natural and handdyed with plant dyes

Pattern available on #ravelry Fibreworkshop ravelry store and also direct download in the shop ☝link up top.

Kits also available in purple, pink, red, orange and blue flowers in the shop now £15.00

If you are like me and finding it difficult to do a big knitting project then try a wee small project like this, a perfect distraction for these rather distracting days 😁🐑😁 #fibreworkshop #knitters #knitlocal #knittersofravelry #knitfingerlessgloves #knittersofinstagram #lazydaisy #fingerlessgloves #knittingpattern #swissdarning #lovelocalwool #loveknitting #norfolkwool #norfolkhorn #rarebreedyarn #lovebritishwool #makersgonnamake #smallthings #makersgottamake #noodlingabout #supportsmallbusiness #supportlocal #knitdesign #knitdesigner

Behind the scenes featuring a rare appearance of t

Behind the scenes featuring a rare appearance of the lesser spotted me.

Today i am mostly fleece sorting whilst the sun shines.

These have been waiting my attention since last summer. Seem to have the time now to play catch-up before this year's clip happens.

I'm fairly fussy about what goes in to the Norfolk horn yarn. I really want to show it at it's best. So I do alot of sorting and rejecting before it goes off to the mill. Roughly half of what I buy makes it into the yarn. Why? Because it's worth it😁💚🐑💚 #fibreworkshop
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#rarebreedwool
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At George's Day today so to celebrate here's a pho

At George's Day today so to celebrate here's a photo of a Norfolk Horn from my archive. Georgeous isn't she.

So you are now thinking what has Norfolk's indigenous rare breed the Norfolk Horn got to do with the english national day? The ancestors of the Norfolk Horn came over with the Anglo Saxons. Anglo Saxon culture and language are the foundations of what came to be English. So you could say that the Norfolk horn has been with us since the beginning and therefore possibly the quintessential English sheep. it's a great story😁

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#english
#norfolk
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#lovebritishwool
#britishsheep

Earth Day 2020💚🌍🌎🌏💚 Particularly pe

Earth Day 2020💚🌍🌎🌏💚 Particularly pertinent this year as Corona has made that awful noisy, dirty, selfish, greedy inconsiderate monkey that the rest of life gets to call neighbour shut up for five minutes.

I imagine that alot of us are taking stock right now and taking time to think about how we lived our lives before.
Me? Here it's always earthday and I try everyday in my own small way to do less evil. So I'm sitting my quiet corner and wondering how we can take what we learn about ourselves right now and make what comes next something good for us all.
Come sit with me in contemplation corner and enjoy my view😁

#earthday
#earthday2020
#enjoythesilence
#letsmakesomethinggood
#contemplationcorner
#enjoythesmallthings
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Noodling about with small things. I'm liking the

Noodling about with small things.
I'm liking the moss stitch grid with embroidered flowers.
Ive noticed that I am very much not alone in my inability to get on with big projects at the moment. I just don't seem to have my mojo on right now. I've a couple of peices commissioned right before the lock down shut down the entire film industry that i really should get done. I pick them up and then put them down again.
There is always tomorrow.
But I have managed to get out of my jimjams today - so that's a result

So today i am drinking tea and playing with the Norfolk Horn.
Sometimes you just have relax let go and drift. Just see where it takes you😁

#fibreworkshop #knitters #lockdownknitting #knittersofinstagram #lovebritishwool #knitbritishwool #naturaldyedyarn #indiedyer #noodlingabout #supportsmallbusiness #crafting #letitflow

In praise of the humble onion🙏 New colours add

In praise of the humble onion🙏

New colours added to the shop. Olive green, foxy browns and old gold and mustard yellows.link up top☝

Onionskins are great to dye with, free, readily available and they give deep, saturated brilliant colours. And big plus of making use of something on its way to the compost heap.
Like many before me onion skins were the very first plant material i used to dye with. I blame them for my addiction to bubbling up things to see what happens😁

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I get a huge buzz when i see what happens to the N

I get a huge buzz when i see what happens to the Norfolk Horn when it goes out to it's new home. Especially at the moment, hoping it gives pleasure and a joyful distraction. Loving this @arnecarlos isolation knitalong by @georgeknits. She has paired it beautifully with
South downs yarn (@woollentide I think?), a match with much history. So much story wrapped up in this project. Thankyou Georgie for letting me share🙏

#Repost @georgeknits
• • • • • •
The @arnecarlos quarantine knitalong is the most fun knitting I've done in ages. I've caught up now and am looking forward to next week's rectangles 😊
The yarn is SO lovely, it's all plant-dyed (not by me), I have been enjoying knitting with it so much that I bought six additional skeins last week (final photo), aren't the colours beautiful? The white contrast is South Downs Yarn and the colours are @fibreworkshop who also sent a sweet little lavender sachet with my parcel 💛
#quarantineknitting #hugmelater #plantdyedyarn

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Tulips are this morning's inspiration for colour p

Tulips are this morning's inspiration for colour play.

Have you ever noticed how complex the colours are in your average tulip? Up close the colours are built up from many different tones and colours

Though I'm not sure the madder reds are working here...I might seperate the reds for a treatment of their own.
I love working with plant dyes. The colours that you get are also complex, constantly changing with the light
They have a warmth and depth to them that you just don't get with synthetics. It's like they are still living. Beautiful 😍

The yarn is Norfolk Horn 4-ply and all these lovely plant dyed colours are available in 25g skeins in the shop. Link up top☝

Hope you like the flowers, and they help you deal with whatever recent events have thrown at you. Small things really seem to count right now💚💚💚 #fibreworkshop #norfolk #norfolkhorn #lovewool #lovelocalwool #lovebritishwool #britishwool #4ply #colourplay #welovecolour #knittersofinstagram #fairisleknitting #fairisle #strandedcolourwork #strandedcolorwork #strandedknitting #colourwork #colorwork #colourworkknitting #handdyedyarn #handdyed #naturaldye #plantdyed #naturaldyersofinstagram #indiedyer #indiedyedyarn #supportsmallbusiness #buylocalnorfolk #buylocal

Weekend weaving playing with weft floats. I like t

Weekend weaving playing with weft floats.
I like the simple colour play and texture.

Sean wandered past and uttered 'i like that, those colours are very on trend' like he would know.

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#virtualguild
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Playing with colour for fairisle stranded knitting

Playing with colour for fairisle stranded knitting by taking inspiration from what's around me.

I love playing with colour but sometimes it's hard to get going, to let yourself go and just dive in to the funbag of possibilities. That's when a walk is inorder even if it is just around the garden.

Forget-me-not flowers are so tiny but beautiful when you peer in close. I've picked out weld, green 2 and woad 2 colours. Simple but lovely on the natural Norfolk background.

I'm thinking of a small peerie motif on a pair of gloves. Alice Starmore's book of fairisle is one of my go to references when I start thinking about colour work patterns. Can't recommend it enough.

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Time to slowly (un)wind those pretty soft and soot

Time to slowly (un)wind those pretty soft and soothing skeins into balls with a nostepinne.

In case you are wondering a nostepinne is a hand held centre pull ball skein winder. It's a very old tool that goes back to the Vikings

Gorgeous aren't they😍They were made for me by Mikey @LyngWood. He makes very beautiful things with locally sourced woods. These are just stunning and made from spalted yew, beech and birch. I love spalted wood, where the dark threads trace lovely patterns through the wood making each peice unique.

I have just 5 available in the shop - link up top☝

I'm going to be spending the Easter weekend sitting in the garden enjoying the sunshine and the birdsong whilst revelling in the luxury of slow time to wind some yarn into centre pull balls and drinking long cool fizzy cocktails..
Mmm #mojito time. 😋😋😋 #fibreworkshop
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New colours added to the shop. These are the resu

New colours added to the shop.

These are the results from last week's impromptu woad workshop. From top right clockwise we have the prettiest pale blue, a glorious old gold goldenrod woad, a lovely gun metal logwood grey and a really pretty apple green (can't quite get the camera to give it the right colour it's a tad greener than show). Norfolk horn 4ply / 25g / 83m £5
Link to shop in bio☝

I'll be posting orders tomorrow and again on tuesday😁

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