Indigo Star....

...is the title of one of my fav books. I love the thought of calling your children names inspired by a paint chart. Maybe mine should have been inspired by sheep breeds: Jacob, Lincoln, Lleyn, Radnor, Beulah,... Wensleydale, Schwarzbless, Blue Face..... (maybe not!)

Anyway the point of this blog was to show you some of the indigo dyed yarn, up close:

Next project is to try and collect some colour from the oak and ash bark, that we picked up in the woods last week!

The power of the humble onion.

The return of slightly warmer weather has got me dyeing again. And here are a selection of colours all achieved with onion skins combined with different amounts of iron.

Here is a little preview of what today's effort......

More pictures when skeins are all dry.