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Lockdown Craft Activity - Try Solar Dyeing with Onion Skins!

Lockdown Craft Activity - Try Solar Dyeing with Onion Skins!

Natural Dyeing, TutorialsRia Burns30 April 2020Tutorial, Onion Skin, Solar Dyeing, British Wool, Food Waste, Natural DyeComment

Fruity Knitting Podcast - Natural Dyeing with Ria Burns

Fruity Knitting Podcast - Natural Dyeing with Ria Burns

Natural DyeingRia Burns9 April 2020Interview, Press, Natural Dye, Yarn, British Wool, Sustainable Fashion, SustainabilityComment

Virtual Frome Market Day! New Naturally Dyed Yarn, Seeds and Pre-Mordanted Wool

Virtual Frome Market Day! New Naturally Dyed Yarn, Seeds and Pre-Mordanted Wool

Wool, Natural DyeingRia Burns5 April 2020Dye Garden, Yarn, Wool, British Wool, Events, Craft Fair, Natural DyeComment

A Bespoke, Modular Machine Knitted, Naturally Dyed Tunic!

A Bespoke, Modular Machine Knitted, Naturally Dyed Tunic!

Knitting, CommissionsRia Burns22 January 2020Modular Knitting, Machine Knitting, Natural Dye, British Wool, Slow Fashion Comment

Dyeing with Coreopsis Tinctoria Flowers - Fresh from the Garden!

Dyeing with Coreopsis Tinctoria Flowers - Fresh from the Garden!

Dye GardenRia Burns29 July 2019Coreopsis, Natural Dye, Slow Fashion, Dye Garden, British WoolComment

Sustainable Knitwear Talk at Unravel Festival

Sustainable Knitwear Talk at Unravel Festival

ResearchRia Burns26 February 2019British Wool, Machine Knitting, Natural Dye, Sustainability, Knitting, Talk, Unravel FestivalComment

Lots of wool...

Lots of wool...

KnittingRia Burns27 October 2018knitting, Machine Knitting, Crowdfunding, British WoolComment

Crowdfunding 2 weeks in - sheep and studios!

Crowdfunding 2 weeks in - sheep and studios!

CrowdfundingRia Burns5 October 2018Sustainable Fashion, British Wool, Crowdfunding, Slow FashionComment

Natural Dyeing with Buddleia

Natural Dyeing with Buddleia

AR7007, Natural DyeingRia Burns21 August 2018Natural Dye, Sustainability, Foraging, Yarn, Experiment, Bristol, British WoolComment

Industrial Knitting with British Wool Yarn

Industrial Knitting with British Wool Yarn

AR7007, Knitting, ResearchRia Burns19 July 2018Knitting, Fine Gauge Knitting, British Wool, DubiedComment

Third Time Lucky Knitting a Sweater to Size...

Third Time Lucky Knitting a Sweater to Size...

Knitting, TD7014Ria Burns9 April 2018Knitting, Natural Dye, British Wool, Slow Fashion, Sustainable Fashion, Design Development, All Yarns Are Beautiful, AYABComment

Dyeing Chunky Yarn with Natural Dyes

Dyeing Chunky Yarn with Natural Dyes

Knitting, TD7014Ria Burns25 March 2018Natural Dye, British Wool, Colour, YarnComment

Collage to Stitch using AYAB and Photoshop

Collage to Stitch using AYAB and Photoshop

Knitting, TD7014Ria Burns3 March 2018AYAB, Arduino, All Yarns Are Beautiful, Knitting, Experiment, Textiles, British Wool, Brutalism, IslayComment

Unravel - A Festival of Knitting

Unravel - A Festival of Knitting

Research, Knitting, TD7014Ria Burns21 February 2018Knitting, Yarn, Trade Fair, Textile Industry, Textiles, Sustainability, British Wool, Wool, Natural Dye Comment