tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9129357734481422196.post1041565736957655204..comments2024-01-18T21:16:15.516+03:00Comments on Riihivilla, Dyeing with natural dyes: Quiet week HiljaiseloaLeenahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14266878515009058403noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9129357734481422196.post-39547518647434051602008-04-09T13:14:00.000+03:002008-04-09T13:14:00.000+03:00I am fine now, thank you Helen and Thalia:)I have ...I am fine now, thank you Helen and Thalia:)<BR/>I have done less things worth writing about now in the winter, I guess I am just waiting for the spring, that's why htere are not many posts lately. Anyway today I have something to write about:)<BR/><BR/>Thalia, I think life just took me to this direction. I have always been interested in animals = shep, sheepwool, then organic gardening has been my thing even before it was very popular, so natural dyes, and especially mushroom dyes came that way... I used to have two german shepards and walked with them a lot in the forests... then when I was younger I worked for 13 years as an animalkeeper in a zoo and that is where I got the awareness for conservation.. and things just happened so now I do what I do:) And being me, I like to know why things work like they do and even though I really do not know chemistry, I try to understand from books and from other people who do know:)<BR/>And I hope that some of my experiments help other dyers with the same problems, as well as are interesting to read for the people who use my yarns.Leenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14266878515009058403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9129357734481422196.post-31773632044410710932008-04-07T23:03:00.000+03:002008-04-07T23:03:00.000+03:00Hi LeenaI hope you're feeling better soon! I don'...Hi Leena<BR/><BR/>I hope you're feeling better soon! I don't have much to add about your dyeing adventures, I just keep reading them - they are fascinating to me! How did you get started in this field? I think it is a really interesting mix of chemistry, ecology, and art. I look forward to more of your stories!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9129357734481422196.post-87735258257027589202008-04-02T11:40:00.000+03:002008-04-02T11:40:00.000+03:00That is a very interesting bit about the buckthorn...That is a very interesting bit about the buckthorn bark. according to Cardon it is the alderbuckthorn frangula ulnus that gives red on fermentation with woodash lye. I am having a second go with that now.<BR/>I wish I could do a course with you on mushroom dyeing! <BR/>Hope the cold gets better<BR/>bw helenHelenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05597640040480685246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9129357734481422196.post-65163268451069531532008-04-01T21:08:00.000+03:002008-04-01T21:08:00.000+03:00Mukavaa kun kevät tulee, minäkin taas kohta alan v...Mukavaa kun kevät tulee, minäkin taas kohta alan värjäillä ulkotiloissa.Piahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14983926275988272994noreply@blogger.com