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Woad The Mysterious Blue Plant Dye. Woad is famous as the source of the blue dye that has been used to dye wool and other fibres for several thousand years in Europe and the Middle East. The pigment is extracted from the dark blue-green, spinach-like woad leaves. In the second year, the leaves become longer and thinner and the woad plant looks quite different. It produces tall stems up to five or six feet in height with sprays of sm.

Tuesday, May 13, 2014. This post is very overdue. This Thread painting was begun last fall. I used a photograph I took in a park near to me. The Photograph is simplyfied to Lines. The Free Motion embroidery is begun. Here you can see how I am using the original source Photograph as Inspiration. The piece is complete and ready for framing. Friday, March 15, 2013. Tuesday, October 30, 2012.

Explorations in Fiber and Art to Wear. Friday, February 20, 2015. Wet Kitten Handwarmers and Wrap. This is a wrap I completed recently. I purchased some lovely merino silk super wash singles yarn called Aria from Propanicus Moon. It is hand dyed by Sarah in her Wet Kitten Colorway. I used a double strand to weave this wrap on my 3 ft triangle loom, then added leno strips in the back for texture. Not being the most experienced crocheter, it took a few tries to get two mitt.