October 28, 2008 – 7:08 pm
Back in the late 1980’s I was introduced to the art of dyeing wool using natural dyes. I remember collecting nettles, gorse flowers, bracken and boiling them to extract the dye, then using the resulting colours to dye the wool. What lovely subtle shades were produced, unlike today’s chemical dyes which can appear harsh and [...]
October 19, 2008 – 11:17 pm
The Spanish shawl or Manton de Manila, as the Spanish call the shawl which has become a quintessential accessory of adornment to the Spanish woman, most specially to the women of Andalusia and Madrid, has a long and interesting history, for the origin of this shawl is not in Spain but in the Far East, [...]