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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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Up & Running!

10/08/2022 admin Blog

Thank you all for your patience while we have endeavored

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Back to the Warp Weighted Loom

13/05/2022 admin Blog

It’s been a while, approximately 9 months; but the warp

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In The Dye Garden

07/05/2022 admin Blog

A quick update to what is happening in the Saxon

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To Weave or not to Weave…….

15/02/2022 admin Blog

The twill weave is progressing. Despite many broken warp threads,

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Do you Remember………..

12/02/2022 admin Blog

Do you remember the very lovely Shetland I was spinning?

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The Blushing Bracket Daedaleopsis confragosa

More from the ‘shroom’ room.

28/01/2022 admin Blog

The Blushing Bracket Daedaleopsis confragosa.  Never one to miss an

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Stockholm & Leyden Papyri Dye Project

17/01/2022 admin Blog

I would like to introduce you to an incredibly exciting

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West Stow Anglo Saxon Village

Research

15/01/2022 admin Blog

Research forms a large part of my everyday activities. When

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