spatch and I have been married for twelve years. A round dozen of anniversary gifts looks as though it adds up to the woven road of silk. Here we are still, intertwined and traveling.
Isn't woad what the Picts are popularly described as using for the blue markings? Apologies, I am SUPER sleep-deprived. Here's an example of woad-dyed fiber, and another. Mind you, I have very limited experience with dyeing (natural dyes or otherwise) but it's awful pretty. :3
Isn't woad what the Picts are popularly described as using for the blue markings?
That is certainly how I first heard of it, but I didn't know how silk specifically would take it! Most of the woad-dyed fabrics I have seen have been, basically, archaeological. I think it is very cool that you can just find yarns with it for sale.
ETA: one dyer's description, with photos, of dyeing with woad.
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I'm sufficiently sleep-deprived that I misread that as "the woad road of silk," can you tell I have been looking at dyes. :3
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Thank you!
I'm sufficiently sleep-deprived that I misread that as "the woad road of silk," can you tell I have been looking at dyes.
Well, I love the phrase, and now I'm curious about the color!
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ETA: one dyer's description, with photos, of dyeing with woad.
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That is certainly how I first heard of it, but I didn't know how silk specifically would take it! Most of the woad-dyed fabrics I have seen have been, basically, archaeological. I think it is very cool that you can just find yarns with it for sale.
ETA: one dyer's description, with photos, of dyeing with woad.
That's neat.