Sleightholm Folk Art

Tag: heritage crafts

  • {Dye Project} Pascha Red Yarn

     As promised! Here’s a peek at the yarn that I dyed with the Greek Easter Egg dye! The color that came out is pretty amazing! A really deep, brilliant, striking red. Even prettier than the eggs, if you can believe it! Im not sure how color fast it is. But I rinsed (and rinsed, and…

  • Woolly Pursuits

        For the past few weeks, my ‘free time’ has been filled with woolly pursuits. I’ve been spinning and experimenting with old dyeing techniques with natural materials. I’ve made mistakes and learned from them, and been proud of what I’ve managed to create, despite my innate inability to to follow directions (but Lord, I…