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Splendid Autumn

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Natures Fall

Time for Change

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Sacre Coeur. Paris.

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Autumn. Rocks.

content in casual

first look at our jersey range in progress.

{ i just wish that the weekends were 5 days long so i could get more done }

hope to get these on show for you soon.

Jersey Shawls...

Sorry i've been rather quiet the past few months, life has been a little busy and the DIY is never ending!!!

But alas, I have sourced some new cotton jersey to dabble the dyes with to brighten up your 2011 autumn wardrobes ! The photographs show the first two produced between the filling, sanding and painting of walls of the last couple of weeks. You can find them in our Etsy Shop right now.

I'm going to do a couple of experimental pieces over the next week or so so keep an eye out for these appearing too, each one will be one of a kind, perfect gifts for loved ones or an indulgent treat for yourself !

Mini Wonders

Alas, Autumn !

Purple Daze

The latest in my yarn dyeing has produced an array of bright purple daze!

Dyed using a natural plant based dye from Logwood, the yarns below show a varying gradient of purples.
The yarn is DK Merino 100grams per skein.

I have lots of yummy coloured yarn to list still - the reason it is taking so long is that I am having great difficulty taking good pictures with my camera lately. Very frustrating as I have tried two cameras that I have and they both are showing fuzzy and the wrong represenations of colour!! grrrrr...I am working on it and will hopefully have some good photos soon.

Below is a piece of silk that was also dyed in the Logwood dye pot. wrapped in a bundle and tied with elastic bands it was firstly soaked with heat added and left overnight. The following three nights I have rearranged the elastic bands and left it to soak in the cold dye bath which has created a striking pattern throughout...


Which type of scarves shall I make from this?....

Finally...

...the silk from the jar experiments has been made into a scarf!

Do you remember this jar with the silk stuffed inside and left to do it's thing through snow, frost and sunshine?

The final destination for the silk was in a aluminium bucket with several exhaust dyes poured on top. Lots of reclaimed iron nails were added. The top of the bucket was wrapped with cling film and then it was left out in the sunshine and rain for a further couple of weeks.

I didn't report on this at the time as it was when I lost my camera back in July so I couldn't take any pictures to share!

So, anyway, here is a final piece (finally) to show you all.

I have made a triangular scarf...

The piece of silk has enough left to make a second triangular scarf and hopefully a long scarf or a circle snood scarf.

I think it was worth the wait :)