The Wool Clinic

  • 22.07.23

    The walnut dye samples were drying this morning and showed a beautiful range of chesnut browns with more variation in colour than I expected for such a dark dye. I spend an hour or so this morning winding them up into mini skeins and sewing them into place and adding labels. This is probably my…

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  • 20.07.23

    First point of call this morning was to check on the walnut dye. Mostly because the Gardener had left a cup of ginger tea next to it for me. It’s looking lovely and dark already, especially the iron-mordanted skein. I was originally going to leave it in the slow cooker for at least 3 days…

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  • 19.07.23

    This morning Cat1 had no intention of letting me get up. After I had been away for the weekend she was very offended with me and was insistent that I stay in bed all day to cuddle her. She didn’t get her way, although there was a compromise and I had a later start to…

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