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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

Bundle Dyeing on Silk and Wool with Homegrown & Foraged Plants and Food Waste

Bundle Dyeing on Silk and Wool with Homegrown & Foraged Plants and Food Waste

Natural DyeingRia Burns26 July 2019Bundle Dyeing, N, Dye Garden, Silk, Wool, workshop Comment

A Busman's Holiday at the National Wool Museum

A Busman's Holiday at the National Wool Museum

Wool, TravelRia Burns6 February 2019Australia, Wool, Historical Context, Travel, Wool IndustryComment

Lightfast Tests - testing natural dyes longevity

Lightfast Tests - testing natural dyes longevity

Natural Dyeing, TD7014Ria Burns8 May 2018Natural Dye, Slow Fashion, Sustainable Fashion, Sustainability, Colour, WoolComment

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

Dyeing yarn with Avocado skins

Dyeing yarn with Avocado skins

Natural Dyeing, TD7003Ria Burns3 February 2018Natural Dye, Sustainability, Sustainable Fashion, Wool, Experiment, Dye, Food Waste, AvocadoComment

Mordant Trials

Mordant Trials

ResearchRia Burns31 October 2017Natural Dye, Mordants, Sustainability, Slow design, Slow Fashion, Yarn, Wool, Research Methodologies, Experiment