Thinking Through Making | Natural Dye Studio Tour, Fermentation Indigo vat & woad experiments

I chat to Jennifer from AppleOak Fibre Works. Jennifer has been a natural dyer for over 18 years and she gives us a tour of her studio space, chats about her two indigo vats (one a mineral vat and one is a fermentation vat), and she talks about the field scale woad experiments they are doing to see which variety produces the best blues in the Irish climate. We also chat about processing and harvesting woad, and then some contact dyeing.
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[@Andreajane238]

Every time I watch one of these videos I say that was my favourite, but this one topped them all. I a fascinated by the way wool and other fibres are changed by water and plant material. For you as a dyer, it must have been an Aladdin’s cave. Thanks Emma for sharing part of your journey x

[@ruthswarthout1115]

Thank you for bringing us interesting people and the beautiful colors from natural dying. 😊 love your yarn

[@jeanlong1400]

I really enjoyed this interview with Jennifer. She does amazing work with her natural dyes. Thanks so much for sharing ❤

[@victoriasmith9334]

This waa really interesting. Thank you for bringing us this video... Those colours on the wool wall were so beautiful x

[@celestegarcia486]

This was fantastic! I do a little bit of natural dyeing with local garden plants but I realize it is a huge rabbit hole with so much to learn about and experiment with. I will look in to AppleOak Fibre Works. Jennifer is doing amazing work with dyeing with plants. Thank you!!

[@PolkaStitches]

Love your interviews Emma!

[@mywoolmitten]

How interesting and exciting, thank you so much to both of you for sharing this! And sage leaves? I had no idea! Loved seeing the working area and the creativity in setting that up. Thank you again

[@bgbaltuth]

Love this series, Emma. Thank you.very interesting. thanks again

[@donnac368]

This was fascinating. I learned so much. Thank you.

[@margaretshields5313]

So interesting! Thank you.

[@addy5335]

Thank you so much. So interesting.

[@sharongreen5885]

Great gathering thanks. Emma has it been awhile since you posted? I have missed seeing you. When was the last date? Thanks. S