We have two workshops in September for learning to dye with Indigo and more.
In Person: USE COUPON CODE ‘FREESHIPPING’ AT CHECKOUT.
On September 10, in this one day in-person workshop, we’ll have all of the materials for you to use to dye with fresh-from-the-garden petals, leaves, roots and more. We’ll make a fresh indigo extract for a gorgeous turquoise blue, try some of the flowers such as coreopsis or marigolds and dyers chamomile, and forage for buckthorn, goldenrod, sumac or whatever else we can find that wants to give us a good color. Its a day of fun on the farm From 10 - noon we’ll prep our materials and our dyestuffs, then take a lunch break til 1 so that you can go off the farm if you want or just enjoy a relaxed picnic. It’s BYO lunch but we’ll provide tea and water during the day. From 1 - 3 we’ll dye our materials (wool, silk, cotton and linen) and send you home with beautiful and inspired pieces.
Cost covers instruction and materials, including your take home pieces that will have been pre-prepared for dyeing by being scoured and mordanted. These steps will be discussed so that you will be able to process for yourself but not have to wait and will be ready to dive into dyeing. You will be able to choose from 100 grams of Wing & A Prayer Farm flock yarn and silk, linen and cotton fabrics for dyeing. If you wish to dye any of your own materials, please contact Tammy at hello@wingandaprayerfarm.com separately to discuss preparation if permissible.
We will work outside with social distancing. Wing & A Prayer Farm reserves the right to mandate masking in the interest of wellness.
On September 11, our Virtual Workshop will run from 1 - 3pm and we will ship your kit to you in advance. Your kit will include the dye stuffs for making an indigo vat as well as materials to dye, including Wing & A Prayer Farm wool, silk, cotton and linen. We will also send a sample of fresh frozen materials for an eco-bundle project. Tammy will send an email to you before the workshop with the Zoom link for the gathering. Please be sure to include your preferred email address with your order.