Planting Hope: Planning a Dye Garden
Eyeing an unused patch of the garden, Devin plots a colorful and color-yielding bed.
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Eyeing an unused patch of the garden, Devin plots a colorful and color-yielding bed.
Find tips for improving your perception and use of color in your handspun projects.
Add depth and complexity to your spinning by learning to see the ways in which colors interact.
Carding a Wool-and-Silk Blend to Spin.
An easy, mordant-free way to begin natural dyeing.
A look at creating a rainbow of silk using natural dyes
What colors are near to hand?
Season 3, Episode 4: In fields tucked in the alleyways of Baltimore, Maryland, Kenya Miles and her colleagues at Hidden Harvest tend a sort of secret garden, growing fruits, vegetables... and natural dye plants.
Season 3, Episode 3: Andean weavers are using their traditional textile skills and some new assistance to meet the difficulties of today.
The John C. Campbell Folk School is putting down new roots!
Make your own avocado-dyed, ikat-style scarf—no complex treadling or weaving patterns required. Based on traditional ikat resist-dyeing techniques, a modern, geometric design gets revealed in this soft and striking scarf.
Join us for our annual color issue and help us hunt for hues. Share your article and project proposals with Spin Off as we go in search of new ways to explore color.