News & Notes From FGF
Farm Yarn Highlight–Synergy
Have you thought to yourself? “I would really love to spin my own yarn someday. I love the way that handspun yarn looks with the colors mixing in the ply.” Your second thought might be….. I don’t need another hobby. Or when would I find time to learn that? Synergy...
Introducing Shawlcraft Trios
Do you have a hard time picking out yarns that will go together for a shawl project? Maybe you have 2 skeins that work and you keep trying to find that one more skein that will make the other two sing. I have made Shawlcraft Trios just for you!. These sets take most...
New Podcast Episode: A Conversation with Janet Garman
I had a great time talking to Janet about being a fiber farmer and learning to dye with natural dyes. She talked about her journey from getting fiber animals to making yarn and dyeing it and now as a publisher of farming and animal oriented books. It's a great talk...
A Conversation with Janet Garman, Natural Dyer and Fiber Farmer
Lisa and Janet talk about all the things that Janet does from tending her sheep and naturally dyeing to becoming a publisher. You can find out more about her books at sawdustpublishing.com
Episode 9: A Condensed History of Natural Dyes
Natural dyeing has been around since we wanted to express ourselves artistically. Lisa talks briefly about the evolution of color in history. Natural Dye in this episode is Lac and the Farm Yarn is F-ewe-sion.
Season 5 Episode 8: Taking Care of Your Natural Dyed Textiles
Lisa teaches about caring for your fabrics. She also urges you to lean into loving your clothing as it ages, softens and develops the patina of well loved clothing.
A Special Episode of the Podcast!
In this episode I talk to Amy DuFault. She is the organizer of the Southeastern New England Fibershed as well as the Director of Sustainability for Botanical Colors. We had a fascinating conversation about all kinds of things. It started out as a talk about how to...
A Conversation with Amy Dufault
In this free ranging conversation, we talk about Amy's work growing dye plants in waste water as well as how to complete a traveling dye journal. We finish the conversation talking about using garments from our lost loved ones to work our way through grief. The...
The Start of a Well Rounded Natural Dye Library
Here are some of my favorite books and web resources that I draw upon time and after time. Dye highlight is Indigo and Yarn highlight is Rambouillet Bulky
Planting a Dye Garden
Find out what to plant for glorious natural color!!
