It was lovely to welcome students from my introduction to hand-dyeing workshop back to Black Sheep Wools for a day of advanced hand-dyeing! This one day course builds on the skills learned on the introductory course and we explore new ideas and techniques. One of the main aims is to encourage students to create colour […]
Our first Guild dyeing workshop and talk of the year! We had a lovely visit to the Oxford Guild of Weavers, Spinners & Dyers last weekend. A talk on Dyes Past & Present on Saturday followed by a full day Introduction to Dyeing workshop on Sunday made for an action-packed couple of days. On […]
Sock blank dyeing is one of my favourite workshops and it’s always great to get back into dyeing after the Christmas break and my first workshop of 2018 was a blast! My students worked their socks off (sorry!) and we had a super day. From polka dots to stripes and even watermelons the room was […]
Indigo dyeing is such a magical process! In case you missed the pics on Facebook and Instagram, here’s a little gallery of the fabulous work produced by the students on my recent indigo dyeing workshop – Nature’s Beautiful Blues at Open Studios Altrincham. Starting with setting up the indigo vat, we clamped, printed, stitched and […]
Workshops and classes for 2017 are at long last starting to appear on the website. In addition to some favourite regular venues, I’m thrilled to be able to announce our new venue, Open Studios Altrincham, which is a lovely art studio in the centre of Altrincham, Cheshire. Easily accessible by Metrolink, train and bus, Open […]