SUBSolar Dyeing: Try a New Dye Method for Your Plant Fiber
Learn the ins and outs of solar dyeing hemp and cotton fiber using Cushings dyes.
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SUBLearn the ins and outs of solar dyeing hemp and cotton fiber using Cushings dyes.
You are most likely familiar with a CSA, a community-supported agriculture group, which provides members with fresh produce. But have you heard of a fiber CSA?
Season 9, Episode 3: The most surprising and beautiful sources of natural color may be the ones beneath your feet. Naturalist and forager Alissa Allen relishes the rainbows she can find in mushroom and lichen dyeing—and wants to teach you to find your own.
Gerber’s out-of-print resources are highly coveted by today’s natural dyers. Find some of his works in the Spin Off Library.
Season 9, Episode 2: With curiosity about the potential for organic agriculture and perseverance in the face of formidable skeptics, the founder of Vreseis and Foxfibre continues to transform our understanding of cotton.
So who first thought of nettles as natural fiber?
Read all about the author’s explorations into natural color cottons and the creation of a handwoven gamp from green, brown, and white slivers.
I was very excited to learn that the theme of this year’s spin-along is colorwork. Take a look at my collection of handknits and you’ll see that colorwork is so obviously my true fiber love!
We’ve rounded up a list of your favorite Spin Off posts of 2023—and what a varied list it is!
Our Winter issue gets to the heart of handspinning, exploring how natural fibers connect global communities.
Kate shares her notes on spinning and dyeing Llanwenog wool.
You may be surprised by the unlikely hues that result from these sources of natural dye.