Last year I grew some woad on my allotment and dyed some handspun with the leaves. When watching the colour develope I realised how much I love those colour hues and got hooked. I ve since read Indigo Egyptian Mummies to Blue Jeans by Jenny Balfour-Paul, The Ultimate Sashiko Source Book by Susan Briscoe and Stitched Shibori by Jane Callender. These are all fantastic books and I have a brain full of shades of blues, layers of stitches, and ghosts and spirits running around alchemical dye-pots. I am going to keep trying with the dye pot and have bought some indigo. Problem is its quite a lengthy process and I am not feeling confident with the brewing process. Onwards and upwards. To give me some instant grattification the stash of old jeans came out and I stitched this pollen grain. (I've just finished reading Pollen The Hidden Sexuality of Flowers by Kesseler and Harley so have a head full of pollen grains as well. Thankyou Jackie and Mark. It is another amazing book!)
