This blanket was woven in three separate panels on a rigid heddle loom and stitched together. All yarn was unraveled from thrift store sweaters and dyed using various natural dyes. Also featured in this image is the recycled-bedsheet braided carpet.
This was one of my favourite sewing projects to date – I was tasked with turning at least two old shirts into a dress. I happened to have two corduroy shirts at home already, and scrounged up two pairs of corduroy pants to give myself a bit more material to work with. Rather than keep …
When I first started learning how to use natural dyes, I split about three recycled sweaters’ worth of yarn into 20g skeins so that I could dunk them into whatever dyes I wanted to experiment with. After about a year or so of that, I figured I had to do something with all those sample …
It’s been a while since the last carpet and I somehow convinced myself to make another (bigger) one… These braids have been hanging around my apartment for more months (years?) than I care to admit and it’s time to sew them together. As always, all materials are recycled – this one contains a number of …
I recently acquired an @ashford_wheels_looms rigid heddle loom and I’ve gotten somewhat addicted to turning some of the recycled dyed yarn stash into scarves. I’ve already sold the second one from the top of the stack but the rest are still available and incredibly cozy! View on Instagram
I had some leftover yarn from the last sweater and I couldn’t resist making Mowgli a tiny dog sweater… There were some unique fit challenges involved in the design of this one, and I got to try out some new steek finishing techniques without risking a whole human sweater. I’ve never had to worry about the …
In 2021 I made a first attempt at growing dye plants. While I succeeded at getting both a weld and a woad crop, I made an unfortunate oversight during the woad vat reduction and I saw no garden blue this year…which made it all the more gratifying to have results from the weld. This yarn …
The latest naturally-dyed-recycled-yarn wonder. Acorn + iron on 50/50% wool/yak and 70/30% angora/nylon. #lunapullover by @anna_dandelion, an admirably clever design. View on Instagram
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@magmadar1753 of @blackhenstudio introduced me to two new materials I hadn’t tried working with before: leather and metal. With Mike’s expert guidance, I got the chance to make two leather needle pouches (dyed with indigo and black walnut) and a metal plant hook! View on Instagram