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Coats of some British and Icelandic sheep breeds:

Greyface Dartmoor; Cheviot; Icelandic; Beulah; Cotswold; Welsh Mountain; Suffolk; Southdown; and British Milksheep.

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Gorgeous bus and photos belong to @adventuringwithlola

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-nitty gritty drying out dye stuffs-

I had to improvise here and find a way or drying out my already used dye stuffs to use again in the future- to do this I popped them on paper towel lined plates and used the log burner to get rid of any moisture!

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-my favourite book-

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-knit practice with my smol boi-

It’s been real fun knitting again, has been at least 3 years since I last touched these needles! Had a wonderful helper too..

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-testing out yarns-

.selection of wool and cotton yarns to test out natural dyes

.purchased online from deramores

.you can only naturally dye natural fibres, proteins such as wool hold dye the best

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-Lichen-

.sustainably harvested lichen from the woods

.gives golden yellow hues

.an ancient dye that has been around for centuries

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-nothing like freshly mordanted yarn-

.mordanted using alum and cream of tartar to get rich bright colours, recipe can be found in Jenny Deans natural dye book 🌿

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- Natural dye experiments -

.logwood for black

.cones for gold

.onion skins for rusty orange

.avocado Pitts for pink

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-Four of the prettiest dye pots I’ve ever seen-

.logwood

.brown onion skins

.avocado pitts

.alder cones