Okay, I’m way behind in the blog posts. I missed the last
AKG meeting and have absolutely had no idea what to write. In fairness, I didn’t miss the
meeting because of a conflict or an overwhelming desire to eat bon bons and
watch Oprah reruns. My sick husband
had volunteered to watch our kids, but he wasn’t in any condition to do
anything that required more effort than lifting the remote control. Thus, given the choice between
attending the meeting and sparing my husband the antics of our three boys, I opted
to spare my husband. After all, he knows where I live.
Apparently, this was not the meeting to miss. The meeting topic – Live and Let
Dye - and speaker, Judy Forster of
Mama Jude’s Plant Dyed Stuff (www.mamajudes.com), were phenomenal. You could hear a pin drop during her presentation,
which covered everything from different dying techniques, what natural
materials to use for dying, where you can purchase these materials, and
guidelines for safe dying (my favorite is to not drink while dying because you
could pick up the wrong container). Be sure to go to the link and check out the yarn and other products at her Etsy.com store.
Judy also was kind enough to relay her favorite dying resources:
Colors from Nature by Bobbi A. McRae
Nature’s Colors by Ida Grae
The Art and Craft of Natural Dyeing by Jim Liles
Ancient Dyes for Modern Weavers by Palmy Weigle
Wild Color by Jenny Dean
A Passion for Color by Sarah Burnett (also available at the
AKG Library)
A Weaver’s Garden by Rita Buchanan.
At the end of the impressive lecture, the AKG was able to
shine with its own impressive display of our member’s work:
I can’t wait to see what we have to share with our upcoming superstar speaker, Kathy Zimmerman, this Thursday.
