Drop Spindle Kit

In our last post, we dyed some of Kromski’s Polish Merino with Goldenrod. This post will show you another type of natural dying, that uses Black Walnuts, another Autumn gift from Mother Nature.   The obvious difference between these two methods is that the Black Walnut requires no pre-mordanting of the wool. It does however,…

This month we celebrate St. Patricks Day. Our Mug Rug is designed to (loosely) represent a field of green with scattered coins from the Leprechaun’s Pot of Gold! For this pattern you will need 2 colors of yarn. One color will be predominant and the other is more of a background color. I’ve chosen green…

Converting a weaving draft so that it can be woven on a Rigid Heddle is not difficult – once you understand how! In this tutorial I will show you how I “cracked the code” so that I can now weave ANY 4 shaft pattern on my Kromski Harp Forte equipped with three heddles. To start…

Every year I look forward to Fall. The air is crisp and leaves rustle in the wind. It’s a season for pumpkins, pecans and Goldenrod. In our area the Goldenrod is quite prolific, and I feel compelled every year to make a big pot of dye using this pretty yellow weed. This year I’m using…