Masterclass - naturally dye yarn/silks/floss

Masterclass for weavers/knitters/embroiderers - naturally dye yarn/silks/floss

One day intensive workshop for those using yarns, silks or floss in their textile practice. Learn how to dye your yarns and threads with plants to produce beautiful saturated colours that are wash and light fast.

This is a practical workshop, hands on, and you are encouraged to take notes and photos. While we wind skeins, scour and mordant we will cover fibre and yarn/thread sourcing and selection. Moving on to cover the essential dye principles; mordants, substantive dyes and modifiers. Working with dried and fresh dye stuffs, sourcing, growing and foraging beautiful colours that will add a natural luminance to your textiles. By making a seasonal palette of dyes during the day you will learn good skein making, dyeing for even saturation and with purposeful resist effects to create variation, and importantly avoiding felting and tangles.

It will not be exhaustive and there will be no hand out, instead you will learn good practice from an experienced professional dyer and gain confidence in developing your own dye practice with good practical foundations to build on. You will take home a selection of yarn and threads from the day. 

The group will be small, 3 maximum per masterclass. Custom dates are available on weekdays or weekends for pairs of twos booking together or I can match-make individuals, please email or DM me to arrange dates. I've offered a discount for pairs booking together.

£200 per person. Age 14+

All materials are included, along with drinks and snacks. We will have a 45 min lunch break.
Free off road parking and bike racks right outside the studio. Pullens Yards are close to Kennington and Elephant and Castle stations.