Mastodawn

Between the viewing angle and the glossy nature of the silk, the colours are ever-changing and can'tbe pinned down. The overall composition forms the Arabic word Qubul, "to receive kindly and graciously", which reflects the original Japanese concept and expresses my gratitude to the plants.

#naturaldye #stitched

Natuurlijk Verwonderen Jun 6

All natural pigments, all made with plants from my garden and allotment. Nature is amazing and holds the entire rainbow in plants. They'll show their colors if you treat them kindly, gently and with ease. Low temperatures, lots of time and patience. I love the surprises they give me ♡

It also makes the whole painting process different. More connected, sharing the energy of the plants in the painting. I know from which plant each pigment comes, I know in which season I've harvested its color and how it felt to see the color come alive.

#onewithnature
#natuurkunst #natureart #naturaldye #lakepigment #wildeinkt #wildart #wildekunst #pigment #schilderen #tuinkunst #tuininkt #abstractart #abstractartist #painter #womansart

Ele Willoughby, PhD Jun 5

Sometimes you just have to mix it up and pick the remaining lilacs and make lilac dye.

#lilacs #plantDyes #dyePot #flowers #naturalDye

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Natuurlijk Verwonderen Jun 5

#wool #wol #naturaldye #weaving #weven #natuurlijkgeverfd #naturallydyed

Axiom Jun 2

The heathering in this yarn is really pretty.

This is a 4-ply handspun yarn made with 2 strands wool, 1 strand alpaca, and 1 strand angora. The differential fibers took up the dye and different rates to create this really nice effect.

That wasn't my intention when I made the yarn, I just didn't want to bother with blending

#knitting #HandSpunYarn #naturalDye #handDyed

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Axiom Jun 1

Saskie has the votes!

I want to do Cottongrass again, but maybe for a different project. I might have enough black walnut dyed yarn leftover ....

I like this variation done by TheKnittingBlues on Ravelry, so I think I'll be copying it, but inverting the colors.

Casting on tonight!

Pattern: https://saskie.co/designs#/saskie/

Inspiration: https://www.ravelry.com/projects/TheKnittingBlues/saskie

#knitting #HandSpunYarn #HandDyedYarn #NaturalDye

Axiom May 31

I can't decide if I want to knit Cottongrass or Saskie, both designed by Saskie&Co.

The yarn I have is hand spun fingering weight 50% Wool, 25% Alpaca, 25% Angora in the colors Oatmeal (MC) and Black Walnut (CC).

I've knitted Cottongrass before and it remains one of my favorite patterns, but I wonder if I should knit the rabbit pattern because of the angora content. 🤔

#knitting #HandSpunYarn #Handspinning #NaturalDye #HandDyedYarn

Natuurlijk Verwonderen May 25

Onion peeled dyed wool. Left dye pot was boiled for one day extra to make it extra red (see previous post).

#wool #weaving #naturaldye #onion #onionpeel #artfromnature #natureart