Dying to have fun!

Well… since my experiments dying with bloodroot last spring, I have been wanting to dye with other plants. The decision was to try for a brighter red/red-orange with Bedstraw (Galium sp.). One of the things that made me decided this was the following description… Their red is extracted from the root of tsa-voo-yan, (galium). The spike which consists of the seeds of the sumach with their pericarp and the stalks to...

More new clothes

As mentioned in my last post, I have been sewing up a new capot. This one was made from a nice blanket I got from Jim Kimpell. I washed it up twice good and hot and dried hot. It is about as thick as a Rob Stone but not quite as dense. I based it off of a number of the images I showed in the last blog, even deciding to add a stand collar. I decided that this would add some nice warmth and protection from the wind. Also, the...