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It’s totally worth the sunburn at Presqu’ile Provincial Park | Part-Time Torontonian
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Living life to the fullest, whether in Toronto, or abroad. Skip to primary content. It’s totally worth the sunburn at Presqu’ile Provincial Park. July 16, 2012. I was asked a few weeks ago if I would be interested in crashing a friend’s surprise birthday camping trip. Crashing a party camping? How can anyone say no to that? And on top of everything, we went to one of the loveliest campgrounds I’ve ever been to in Ontario, Presqu’ile Provincial Park. That to me is priceless. Though, on this trip, a very c...
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Dave Switzer's Friends on the Web
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Dave Switzer's Friends on the Web. Here are the web pages of some of my friends:. Nate Scott and Jennifer Thiessen. Blog on the left). Last modified: April 30, 2015. Return to Dave Switzer's Home on the Web.
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Needle-felted Gifts – Knit Wild Studio
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Natural Dyeing and Fibre Arts by the Campsie Fells Near Glasgow. June 26, 2016. July 29, 2016. It’s a bit of a grim time in UK politics, and making beautiful things in response is not (only) a welcome distraction, it’s also a mode of resistance. Audre Lorde. Wrote ‘ Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare. 8216; I’d add that small acts of caring for others, including making things. Dyeing with Queen Anne’s Lace. Leave a Reply Cancel reply.
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Weeds of Late Summer – Knit Wild Studio
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Natural Dyeing and Fibre Arts by the Campsie Fells Near Glasgow. Weeds of Late Summer. August 14, 2016. Summer doesn’t last long in Scotland, and even by the end of July you start to sense the hints of autumn’s arrival. It was this time of year that I first visited Scotland, and I was struck by the contract between here and the south east of England, where it very much high summer. There’s plenty of the stuff growing along the paths near where I live, so I was pleased to read in Jenny Dean. The third kin...
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Autumnal Inspiration – Knit Wild Studio
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Natural Dyeing and Fibre Arts by the Campsie Fells Near Glasgow. September 30, 2016. I used the autumnal colours from my dyeing experiments late last year and early this year to make a scarf-come-mantlepiece decoration, made from knitted leaves. Lots of the natural dyeing I’ve done recently has turned out in autumn colours. Clockwise from top left: mixed crottle lichens; parmelia lichn; usnea lichen; brazilwood; onion skins; hard fern; evernia lichen. Centre: acorns. Berry dyes are notoriously un-lightfa...
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Home and Epiphany – Knit Wild Studio
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Natural Dyeing and Fibre Arts by the Campsie Fells Near Glasgow. January 6, 2017. February 10, 2017. The sixth of January seems like an auspicious day to write a blog post, especially the first of the new year (and the first for many weeks). The prolonged midwinter pause was due to busyness and big changes: buying a house and moving to the countryside! On my daily walks I can collect fistfuls of lichen that the wind has blown off its substrate, then to be dried in front of the gas fire. Most notably a ca...
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Fallen Leaves of Autumn – Knit Wild Studio
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Natural Dyeing and Fibre Arts by the Campsie Fells Near Glasgow. Fallen Leaves of Autumn. October 26, 2016. October 26, 2016. It’s a blustery day, the trees are getting barer and the golden and red leaf carpet is getting thicker, Samhainn. Is approaching. I wrote a couple of posts ago. About my recent obsession with knitting and felting leaves with the fibres I had dyed autumnal colours: here’s a selection of the finished products. Oak Leaf and Acorn Brooch. Leaf Necklace in Mustard Yellow. Brigid, Fox, ...
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Dyeing with Queen Anne’s Lace – Knit Wild Studio
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Natural Dyeing and Fibre Arts by the Campsie Fells Near Glasgow. Dyeing with Queen Anne’s Lace. June 11, 2016. One of my first attempts at dyeing with plant matter I had foraged (as opposed to bought or smiled sweetly at my veg box delivery man for) was the leaves of wild carrot, or Queen Anne’s Lace, back in March. I remembered Julia. Nevertheless I still try not to take too much of anything from one plant or from one area. I had 300g of flowers, which I used to dye 53g of alum mordanted wool. The f...
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August 2016 – Knit Wild Studio
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Natural Dyeing and Fibre Arts by the Campsie Fells Near Glasgow. On Scottish Lichen Dyeing. I love dyeing with lichen because there’s plenty of the stuff available here in Scotland, you don’t need to mordant, you get colours other than lemony yellow, and it leaves a beautiful earthy smell on the dyed wool. So far I have dabbled a bit with the ‘boiling water method’, getting lovely autumnal shades from a…. Weeds of Late Summer. Hag o' The Hills. Scotland with the Wee White Dug. Frogend dweller's Blog.
