Fiber arts,
their history and practice.
Hand-dyeing is a craft before it's a business. This section covers the history and practice of fiber arts: how yarn is made, how color is applied, how different fibers behave, and what it means to work with something that's been touched in the making.
The Dye Pot
The history and practice of hand-dyeing yarn. Acid dyes, natural dyes, mordants, and what the process does to the fiber, technically and magically.
Read →Fiber & Its Properties
Wool, merino, silk, nylon, linen, cotton. What they do in your hands, how they take dye, and what each has traditionally meant in ritual practice.
Read →The Knitted Tradition
Knitting is younger than you think and older than you'd expect. From Coptic socks to the knitting Madonnas of medieval Germany.
Read →The Hooked Thread
Crochet's debated origins, its relationship to lacemaking, and its place in folk craft. The hook as a tool with a longer history than the name.
Read →Weight & Measure
A practical guide to yarn weights (fingering through bulky): what each is used for, how they're measured, and how to choose.
Read →Working with Hand-Dyed Yarn
Alternating skeins, pooling, reading color in dim light. What to know before you cast on with something that doesn't look the same twice.
Read →Blocking & Finishing
Why blocking transforms knitting and crochet, how to do it for different fiber contents, and what tools are actually necessary.
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