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This is the auxilliary online home of Thistle Handwerks(www.thistlehandwerks.com), a one woman textile business that features naturally dyed silk hand embroidery in the Glasgow Style.
9-10 years ago when I was starting Thistle Handwerks, it was frustrating-not
to mention difficult- to find someone using natural dyes that could produce a consistant product on silk for my embroidery.
Joyfully, I found her, and have been fortunate to embroider with her glorious colors since then. Sadly, she is moving toward
retirement, and I will soon need to find a new source. I'm encouraged by the growing number of folks out there coloring fiber
with natural dyes, and, as I find them, I'm adding them to my "where to find naturally dyed fibers" page. In addition to using
them for embroidery, I'm also a knitter, and a new spinner- so, if I have used/experimented with any, I'll try to add photos/notes
to my "fiber samples" page.
PLEASE NOTE: by no means do I intend to be critical of fiber that is
dyed otherwise. There are beautiful non-naturally dyed fibers available from both large and small companies,
as well as indie producers!
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Monday, December 31, 2007
Voila! and only ten days later.....
Yes, well, I'm so bad with a camera, I finally used my scanner.
He doesn't want another pair of mitts, even if they're knit from predator-friendly Montana raised sheep! So, I'm getting a
pair of Fetching mitts. I knit a pair for a friend's birthday, in an angora blend, and nearly kept them for myself. But, I
didn't, and since we had some snow today, I think these will come in handy next year.
Have a safe and warm new year.
Friday, December 21, 2007
Winter Solstice, my first post, and the carrot at the end of the stick...
Well, tomorrow might be the official first day of Winter,
but whoa, baby it's been cold outside for a while now! I watched a flicker try to bust through the ice for a drink this
morning, and tough as they are, it finally gave up. This weekend I'll set up the heated water bowl.
This afternoon I shipped out the final "in time for Christmas" order, and somehow instead of
coming back to my studio to tackle the mess, the car took me to my LYS (local yarn shop for you non-knitters) for
some therapy. There is a corner of the shop I really love- Julia, the owner, has filled shelves and baskets with local fiber,
which means Montana and Wyoming wool. After rolling some skeins around in my hands, and a few sniffs, I selected a skein of
Indigo Heather from 13 Mile Lamb and Wool. I think I need to knit another pair of mitts for my husband, the Muggle- the first
pair I knit him are a lovely apricot-caramelly Montana alpaca, and he needs something that will take a bit more abuse. I'll
try to post a photo when I figure that out. This is, after all, MY FIRST POST EVER.
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coming soon
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Email me at thistlehandwerks
AT earthlink DOT net
or use the form below
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