SIOBHAN BOOTH is committed to sustainable living at her home near Floyd in Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountains.  She collects local flora, scraps from her garden, and even weeds to use for her naturally dyed yarns.  There is a kind of magic that happens when color is extracted from natural materials and transferred to yarn.  The resulting yarns can have colors that are vibrant or subtle, but there is always a certain element of pleasant surprise at the end of the process. 

NATURALLY DYEING -  All levels with Siobhan Booth

 There is something magical about extracting color from plants, but the process can be a bit mysterious for people who have never worked through it.  In this class you will learn the necessary steps of how to prepare your yarn for dyeing, you will mordant one skein of yarn, and then you will dye another skein of pre-mordanted yarn provided by the instructor. From a selection of flowers, you will choose your favorites, and layer your own mason jar to create a tonal, solar dyed skein of yarn. We’ll learn about what makes a good dye plant and the chemicals and processes to create natural dyes.  One skein of yarn, jar, dye materials, and mordant to be provided. 3 to 10 students.

 Prerequisite skills: None

 Students bring: Old shirt or apron, one skein of white or cream yarn in wool, alpaca, mohair and/or silk.

Materials fee: None, all materials included in class price except one skein of yarn.

Date and time: Friday, June 7, 2024, 9:30am to 11:30am 

Class fee: $60.00