Hi Everyone ! Welcome at “Weaving and Spinning” in Richmond. We had a fantastic day last Thursday, with the Creative Fiber ladies, we could all admire true artwork. Here are just a few of them: It was a concert of virtuosity amongs colors and techniques, everyone was wearing beautiful handmade garnments A collective artwork: ladies at work on…
Dear All, After a successful try with Red Cabbage dyeing, I decided to make some experiment with expired Cranberry juice. Dyeing with fruits or vegetable juices is actually very easy. I soaked 5 balls of white wool in a tupperware, into 2 litres of cranberry juice and 2 spoons of Alum, for 5 days. I’ve been…
Hi Everyone, On Thuesday, a lady came at our meeting of the Creative Fibre Guild, to explain us how to dye basically anything we want, with very little means and a disconcerting ease. I had that dozen ugly balls of creamy wool which was sitting in my stash since such a long while… and decided…
Dear All, I apologize for the problems you encountered browsing this website these days. We have been hacked and I decided to turn this unfortunate event into something positive by improving the layout and building an online-shop in order to allow you to buy and knit the beautiful kiwi wool. So, lots of things are…
Dear All, Mary, a lady member of Creative Fibers, gave me a hank of beautiful blue wool. Blue is not my cup of tea… usually… but in this case, the colors were so bright that I immediately chose to make a hat with a shell stitch to emphasis on the changes of colors… and to remind…
I had that hank of craft wool of a beautiful green which I did not too much know how to use. The solution came from a granny square once again. A bit of pink in the center to form a flower, and juggle with the nuances of green all around to give the feeling of a garden.…