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The innovative yarn dyer who changed the world of colour

Mood Indigo

By: Kate Davies Designs August 26, 2019September 13, 2019

color, colour, History, textile history, textilescolor, colour, dye, dyeing, History, indigo, natural dyeing, textile history32 Comments

(top illustration: William Simpson, An Indigo Factory in Bengal (1863) I am currently completing a design project using yarn that has been dyed with natural indigo by my friends at Shilasdair. As I’ve knitted, I’ve often found myself thinking about the links between Scotland and natural indigo dye. Indigo isn’t, of course, a Scottish plant…

at lilith’s

By: Kate Davies Designs May 31, 2009May 31, 2009

craft, Scotland, textiles, yarncraft, dye, dyeing, dyes, handcrafts, Old Maiden Aunt, Old Maiden Aunt Yarns, Scotland, West Kilbride, yarn15 Comments

Yesterday Mel and I had the pleasure of taking a dyeing workshop with Lilith of Old Maiden Aunt Yarns. Lilith’s studio is in West Kilbride, also known as Craft Town Scotland, because of its fantastic local initiative to house and support talented craftspeople in the town’s once-empty shops. Lilith’s studio is one of several great…