SUBA Natural Dye Roadmap: Adapting Fred Gerber’s Method for Modern Dyers
Gerber’s out-of-print resources are highly coveted by today’s natural dyers. Find some of his works in the Spin Off Library.
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SUBGerber’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.
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!
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.
Are you curious about natural dyeing but have yet to give it a try? We’d like to help you get started!
We’re getting ready for our annual deep dive into color: blending, plying, dyeing, and more. Share your article and project ideas with Spin Off!
For this natural dye project, Kate reveals how she added subtle speckles to her knitted socks by using a resist-dyeing technique on her handspun skein.
We’ve dug into the Spin Off archives to uncover exercises for the study of color interactions. Use these experiments to create interesting colored yarns.
Peek inside one spinner‘s process of using natural dyes gathered from his homeland in Australia to create nearly 150 dye extractions and over 15 pounds of colorful fiber to spin and knit to his heart's content.
Just in time for spring, Spin Off contributors share their experiences dyeing, blending, spinning, and more in pursuit of the perfect palette.