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Dyeing with Harakeke seed pods

I have several harakeke (phormium tenax / New Zealand flax) bushes in my garden so I was excited to find out a few years ago that you could make a dye from the seed-pods and it is a fairly simple dye to make and use. Obviously the first step is to wait until the flowerContinue reading “Dyeing with Harakeke seed pods”

3-D Double Weave Samplers

Draft: 3-D Double Weave by Janice Sullivan, Weaver’s magazine, Issue 36 Summer 1997 Ground warp & weft: 5/2 cotton, 20epi Pleated warp & weft: 5/2 cotton, 16epi’

2022 Weaving Goals

I’m a bit wary about setting weaving goals for 2022 as the last few years have taught me that plans can go pear-shaped at any time (thanks world-wide covid epidemic). However a plan and goals do help to motivate and focus me. Nothing like writing down all the things I want to do and realisingContinue reading “2022 Weaving Goals”

Suffrage In Stitches

2018 marked the 125th anniversary of women’s suffrage in New Zealand. On 19 September 1893 the Electoral Act 1893 was passed, giving all women in New Zealand the right to vote. As a result of this landmark legislation, New Zealand became the first self-governing country in the world in which all women had the rightContinue reading “Suffrage In Stitches”