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Naturally dyed 100% Merino using freshly picked goldsturm daisy (aka. black-eyed Susan) from our garden, produced a rather nice olive green (colour may vary from monitor to monitor).
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| black-eyed Susan naturally dyed merino. |
The Bested Worsted Naturally Dyed Today
Naturally dyed 100% Merino using freshly picked goldsturm daisy (aka. black-eyed Susan) from our garden, produced a rather nice olive green (colour may vary from monitor to monitor).
A Couple New Colourways added to TCD - 'The Bestest Worsted'.
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| A new 'The Bestest Worsted' colourway - "St. Nick". |
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| A new 'The Bestest Worsted' colourway - "Emerald Triangle". |
'The Bestest Worsted' & From Ewe to You
From Ewe to You is designing a new mitten pattern for fall using our "The Bestest Worsted" (Merino Worsted) yarn.
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| click above to view From Ewe to You - fall mitten design |
Naturally Dyed - TCD 'Sea Witch' (70/30 Merino/SeaCell)
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| Two Crows Dyed |
Naturally dyed a skein of Sea Witch (70/30 Merino/SeaCell) using bark, leaves & twigs from a 190+ year old American Linden tree.
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| American Linden Tree |
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| Bundle of leaves, twigs & bark for naturally dyeing.
Linden flowers are used in herbalism for colds, cough, fever, infections, inflammation, high blood pressure, headache (particularly migraine), and as a diuretic (increases urine production). New evidence shows that the flowers may be hepatoprotective. The wood is used for liver and gallbladder disorders and cellulitis (inflammation of the skin and surrounding soft tissue).
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| Final Result |
Late summer is the perfect time to start planning your fall knitting.
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| 80/20 Merino/Nylon |
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| Hays River Sock: "tqoq" ( Mi'kmaq pronunciation: êt·hkohk click the pronunciation text to listen to an MP3 recording of 'tqoq') |
As the post heading suggests: 'late summer is the perfect time to start planning your fall knitting'.
From Ewe to You (LYS at Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia) has already started their falling knitting using a TCD skein of 'Hays River Sock' colourway called "tqoq" (translation Mi'kmaq to English: "last fall").
From Ewe to You is knitting the 'From Dusk Till Dawn' shawlette/scarf by Tetiana Otruta. This pattern is a free download on Ravelry.
Sea Witch: Celtic Sea (An Mhuir Cheilteach)
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| Two Crows Dyed - Sea Witch 70/30 Merino/SeaCell |
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| Celtic Sea (An Mhuir Cheilteach) |
The Celtic Sea (An Mhuir Cheilteach) is the area of the Atlantic Ocean off the south coast of Ireland.
So what do you do when you like to dye wool and it is raining outside? You dye wool . . . at least that's what Two Crows Dyed like's to do.
Today, TCD plans on doing some natural dyeing. Birch bark was harvested from a fallen tree that has been decomposing on the forest floor for sometime & Queen Anne's Lace (wild carrot) a wild, edible and nutritious plant. The bark and flowers will soon be turned into a dye bath.
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| Bundle of Birch Bark, Queen Anne's lace & couple other native wild flowers. |
Note: It is possible to harvest birch bark from a living tree at the right time of year without hurting the tree. I personally prefer to collect all my bark from trees that are damaged beyond repair or have fallen by either mother nature or a mechanical means (i.e. cut down for what ever reason).
And here it is . . .
And here it is . . .
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| 100% Peruvian Wool Naturally Dyed with Birch bark & Queen Anne's lace |
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