Join Kim from her kitchen during our April Studio Hours, for an exploration of natural dyeing. We encourage you to come prepared to dye using food scraps or other natural dye, or to enjoy the conversation. Bring questions and advice! Tuesday, April 13th, at 4:30PM Pacific / 7:30PM Eastern Time. Join or upgrade to Studio Membership today!
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We have a new Digits & Threads logo (check out that schmancy ampersand!). Here’s a bit of the story of how it came to be.
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Introducing a new feature at Digits & Threads: the Community Calendar for Canadian fibre and textile events. All members at any tier are welcome to submit events from festivals to workshops to exhibitions. Read more here, and be sure to submit your event early so lots of folks have a chance to discover it!
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Next week’s Studio Hours come as we begin to mark a year of pandemic life. We’ll focus on some good parts: the projects we made that kept us company, brought us comfort or joy, taught us new things. Click through for more details!
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Listen to D&T co-founder Kim Werker in a podcast interview about everything from our editorial vision and how important it is to have one; to why we were committed to launching in the fall, specifically; to how pandemic restrictions affected our planning; to how we see the difference between traditional magazine subscriptions and our memberships.
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Announcing our new community feature, “Common Threads,” and how to participate. Plus, some updates to our site to make it easier to navigate.
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Just because a designer chose certain materials for a project, based on a variety of considerations, doesn’t mean that crafters need to use the same. When choosing supplies for a project, a crafter should take those same factors into consideration: personal values, ethical and environment concerns, access, cost, fibre content, brand, colours.
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Substituting yarn involves more than simply finding a yarn of a similar weight. In this article, I cover many of the things you should consider, and why. I also provide some advice to designers and publishers to help them ensure that crafters can easily use yarns they love to make their patterns.
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Learn & Share about Natural Dyeing at April Studio Hours After beginning this column by...
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In this first column of many, I tell the tale of how this fantasy led to a wholly unexpected reality. It’s the tale of a surprise hay farm, a flirtation with flax growing, and a promise of many adventures in natural dyeing, foraging, and learning.
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