Woad Colours
on wool, silk and mohair
Handwoven Tapestry using woad dyed colours.
Woven on an Ashford Knitters Loom with a cotton warp and a wool/mohair weft. Weft yarns raised organically at Joybilee Farm. Twining and tapestry weaving techniques are used.
Design is assymetrical.
Hummingbirds are delicate creatures, full of beauty, and grace. Their quick shimmering colours and graceful movement bring joy in the peak of summer. As they drink nectar from blossoms, they increase fruitfulness by pollinating.
Like the colours from the woad plant, they are a picture of sustainable beauty and delicate balance in an unstable world that is losing its balance.
The spectrum of colours came from the woad plant.
Handwoven Tapestry using woad dyed colours - woven of 100% wool yarn from Joybilee Farm
Pink, peach, and yellow came from the spent leaves after the indigo was extracted.
All colours came from the woad plant.
Woad blues from an indigo reduction vat
Roving is from romney xbred sheep. Yarn is 50/50 mohair/wool, raised organically at Joyilee Farm.
Handwoven shibori shawl with weaver manipulated resist threads, picked up in a Monk's Belt pattern.
Woven on an Ashord knitters loom from mohair/wool yarns raised organically at
Joybilee Farm