Friday, October 16, 2020

Wednesday, October 14, 2020

Exciting News

 Today I purchased my very first spinning wheel. I saw it advertised second hand on Facebook. I promptly messaged the seller. After about an hour worrying it may have already sold, I got a reply, STILL AVAILABLE. Yay!!

When I met with her to have a look she handed me two wonderful books, a nice surprize. Plus... One bag of cream tones Alpaca Fleece, a bag of rusty orange Alpaca fleece and a bag of almost black Alpaca fleece. Also a HUGE sack of brown sheep fleece.

All of this came home with me and my little wheel got the front seat, tucked into the seatbelt for safety.







To say I'm super stoked is an understatement.

Hawthorn Grove PODCAST 4, knitting and eco printing

Friday, October 9, 2020

Our first experiment with Eco Printing

 Hi, I'm Michelle.

I happened upon a little tutorial on Better Homes and Gardens recently and it really took my eye. Who knew how much beauty could be created from nature.

A bit of info I collected from the show: Eco printing uses pigments and the shapes of plants to create prints on other materials. Every image is unique.

These are a few of my first experiments. These are steam printed onto water colour paper.

Dock Leaf

Purple Curly Leaf Kale

Cranesbill Geranium and Lavender

Lavender

Fern

Broad Bean Leaves and Dock

Dandelion

Rose Leaves

Box Hedge


Eco Prints and Bumblebees