Sometimes things just go so right. My overdying day was a great success. I started with this horrible fabric which I have been stitching with a shibori thread. I then overdyed it with a blue and the colours blended and transformed with the shibori stitching in a most sensuous way. Also the networked circular design that I wove played with the shibori highlights.

It’s exciting times like these when I’m glad I’ve spent some time analysing colour and doing samples over the years. I produced an overdye chart using Kim Marie Bunke’s article of Handwoven November/December 1990. The article titled 48 Colors on 12 Dye Baths helped me to gauge what colours I could expect with the overdying.

Release of Curious Weaver Journals for Download or Purchase of
Back Issues

I have decided to provide the entire texts of the Curious Weaver Journals I published in 1994-96 to freely download. Some of the articles are already provided but I am now providing every issue. Issue 1 & 2 are here, with the others to follow. I also have Issues 3,4, & 5 as back issues available posted to anywhere in Australia for $15.00 or to the rest of the world for $20.00 (Australian Dollars only via Paypal. Equivalent to $US15.30). Please email me with your postal details and I will send you a Paypal invoice (overseas customers) or payment details to Australian customers.