tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post2348443726073104774..comments2024-03-29T11:38:51.363+00:00Comments on Jean's Knitting: Jeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12038517988391228260noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-37137293429726529542009-02-28T13:21:00.000+00:002009-02-28T13:21:00.000+00:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-75668103504633127972009-01-28T21:10:00.000+00:002009-01-28T21:10:00.000+00:00Here in Colorado dyers woad is considered a noxiou...Here in Colorado dyers woad is considered a noxious weed, that is, it is not native and thus has no natural predators. We are encouraged not to grow it.<BR/>JudyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-17434394842753421752009-01-28T19:17:00.000+00:002009-01-28T19:17:00.000+00:00I have been thinking of starting a dye garden but ...I have been thinking of starting a dye garden but can't imagine where on earth I am supposed to get woad and madder plants...I'd try seeds but I am not at all adept at growing from seed.<BR/><BR/>So I'll watch with interest to see if you do it!Shanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10704810407872873565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-88343518076180094072009-01-28T18:38:00.001+00:002009-01-28T18:38:00.001+00:00Dyeing, not dying!!! I am literate, really!Dyeing, not dying!!! I am literate, really!Spinningfishwifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13709744732495957360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-79969364909677067152009-01-28T18:38:00.000+00:002009-01-28T18:38:00.000+00:00Woad? Would you like some woad seeds? The plant lo...Woad? Would you like some woad seeds? The plant looks pretty uninspiring and it will take till 2010 before it bulks up into a plant big enough to think of harvesting...and you'd need ten or twenty plants, which is why I lost interest in trying woad dying, have to say. But I still have some woad seeds in the box if you'd like to try it.Spinningfishwifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13709744732495957360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-35506093351373054772009-01-28T17:27:00.000+00:002009-01-28T17:27:00.000+00:00I found "Color: A Natural History of the Palette",...I found "Color: A Natural History of the Palette", by Victoria Finlay, to be a different way to look at the use of colour through history. Each colour of the rainbow has a separate section. It is a bit of a personal journey book, not a dry history, so may not be to all tastes.<BR/>Her Indigo section did deal with woad, as I recall. The book may be at your local library.Lisa R-Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13655634518894913177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-84945359810755647972009-01-28T11:02:00.000+00:002009-01-28T11:02:00.000+00:00Of course, that Virgil quote brings to mind Frankl...Of course, that Virgil quote brings to mind Franklin's cartoon (in his little book) about the sheep belonging to Mr Fassett...My husband is quite chuffed that he understood that one with no help!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com