The Inconsequential Blogger

I've been doing some dyeing with natural dyes lately, using roots, leaves, and flowers. Below is a dye pot made with goldenrod flowers....

I have a very tall sunflower in my garden this year, my daughter consented to pose for this picture to give it scale:   It's a H...

This is my second year of growing flax for linen. Last year I planted roughly half of a 10 ft. x 20 ft. plot with flax. The other half of t...

Out of all of my fiber work this past week, I allocated two days for dyeing. On Wednesday I collected my first Japanese indigo leaf harvest...

This is a picture of an antique flax hackle: I've been keeping my eyes open for old flax processing tools whenever I see antiques for sa...

I'll be signing books at the farmer's market in Howe Meadow in the Cuyahoga Valley National Park from 9-12 on Saturday, August 10th....

We are back now from a two-week trip to Turkey. I have to say that Turkey is a wonderful country with so much to see, and the people everyw...

It always smells so good!

I've been trying out some natural dyes on about 4 ounces of Teeswater wool roving I had in my stash of fiber. Teeswater is one of the l...

I really like babydoll Southdown wool for one big reason, it can be machine washed and dried without shrinking or felting. I have a pair of ...

I recently spun up a skein of brown merino from one of my raw fleeces. The skein was laying in the 'transition area' where I put sk...

Today I combed a small amount of some of my Border Leicester fleece that I got at the Maryland Sheep and  Wool Festival. Border Leicester is...

I went to the Great Lakes Fiber Show today in Wooster, Ohio. I saw some animals, including alpacas:   and sheep:   and I bought...

I'm having a blast at the sheep and wool festival this weekend. The only drawback is that I bought so much stuff today that I hurt my sh...

Getting ready to travel to the Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival this weekend. I'll be taking an all-day class on Friday on The Wonderful...

We're travelling to my niece's wedding and have made a few stops along the way. Here is a cypress tree growing in The Great Dismal...

I recently got my hands on some Cormo wool top. Cormo sheep produce a nice, soft wool and I've been dying to get some and spin it up. ...