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Diary of a Saxon Weaver

Diary of a Saxon Weaver

Bringing the past to the future

  • Diary Posts
  • Dyeing
    • The Stockholm and Leyden Papyri
    • Part 1 – Stockholm Recipe 113
    • Part 2 – Stockholm Recipe 132
    • Part 3 – Putting it all together
    • “Woad is me” and Dyeing with Herbs
    • Woad Extraction from Frozen Leaves
  • Spinning
    • Spinning Basics- sorting your fleece
    • Spinning Basics – Washing/Scouring Fleece
  • Links
  • Archaeology

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First Attempts……..

26/07/2024 admin Blog

After watching Michael Garcia’s video on using dried Persicaria tinctoria

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First Japanese Indigo Pigment

18/03/2024 admin Blog

First growth after about two weeks. Back in September 2023

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“Long time no see”

29/02/2024 admin Blog

Happy New Year! A little late in posting and a

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Update on the recent weave:  The Full Story

02/11/2023 admin Blog

So; many moons ago, if you remember, I bought 4Kg

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Loops, Hoops and Rabbit Holes

20/12/2022 admin Blog

PART 1– Ramblings It all started with this innocuous photograph

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End of Season…..or is it?

31/10/2022 admin Blog

In the reenactment/living history world most are packing away, drying

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Sprang Bag Collaboration

24/09/2022 admin Blog

I am pleased to reveal this collaborative project between myself

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Don’t waste that Woad!

06/09/2022 admin Blog

Last years woad crop was a growing disaster from start

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