No, I am not having dessert, just a bit of kitchen dying.Coffee and Walnuts Shibori liningKitchen dying has been one of my activities this past year. Wanting to line a knitted scarf with silk, I decided to have my fun in the kitchen rather than downstairs in the dye lab.The silk was from the bolt, so I [...]
Category: Natural dying
Dying With The Purpura Pansa-A True Lost Art
Purple-stained fingers and nails are signs of a Purpura hunter and dyer On the Oaxaca coast of Mexico, a small band of sixteen men carry on an ancient tradition. They coax a thimbleful of ink (really a narcotic to paralyze prey) from the mollusk Purpura Pansa. For centuries, this beautiful purple yarn has been woven [...]
Yoga Totes Redux
Indigo Shibori Yoga Totes Note on photo: The photo shows the front and back of the bags. One side has the double pockets and the other has the large circle motif. During the last day of a Natural Dye class (last summer) at the Kansas City Art Institute, our instructor gave us a wonderfully [...]
