Kristine Vejar

Thousands of natural materials can produce glorious colour – the insect cochineal produces pink, maroon, and purple, and more than 500 species of plants produce indigo blue. Now, in The Modern Natural Dyer, expert Kristine Vejar shares the most user-friendly techniques for dyeing yarn, fabric, and finished goods at home using foraged and garden-raised dyestuffs as well as convenient natural...

Similar to food and the act of sharing meals, our relationship to textiles—both creating them and using them—is a core tenet of our human experience. As with cooking, making textiles enables learning, shared experiences, conversations, and relationships. The time-honoured traditions explored in this book have deep connections to the cultures from which they stem, and Vejar and Rodriguez present these...