Crafts – Stonehorse Atelier

Dyeing with Lac

This week I was experimenting with dyeing with lac. So far, all the natural dyes I’ve used have been of plant origin. […]

I have been wanting to add some other colours to my collection of natural dyed yarn, which is predominantly shades of yellow […]

It’s been a while since I shared anything I’ve been making so I thought I would show off this A5 journal I […]

One of the easiest natural dyes to use must surely be the good old humble onion skin! Maybe that’s why I put […]

This was my very first attempt at coptic stitch binding on a little notebook. I wanted to try a type of binding […]

Who doesn’t love the gorgeous shades of copper, red and gold of autumn beech leaves? I wanted to see if I could […]

I’d been wanting to try dyeing with alder cones for a while as I’d read you could get shades of dark grey […]

I was pleased with the results of my acorn dyeing so decided to try some oak leaves. In her book “Wild Color”, […]

Since the previous dyeing experiment with acorns was so happy I collected another batch (it’s been a fantastic year for acorns! The […]

It’s been what they call a “mast year” – a great year for acorns. When I went for a walk in the […]