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On Friday, Fancy Tiger Crafts, located in Denver, Colorado, released their very first sewing pattern named the Sailor Top.  Tasa, Sarah, and I have been awaiting the pattern and were thrilled to s...

In February, an amazing exhibition opened at the Berkeley Art Museum called The Possible. I have participated in the exhibition by advising, creating, and collaborating (with Tessa of ogaard)...

Sarah, Adrienne, Chris, and I traveled to Point Reyes Station last Saturday to attend the Fibershed's 2nd Fine Wool & Fiber Symposium. It was tremendous to think about everything that has trans...

Excitement abounds in the dye studio this week as we prep Horizon for it's re-release on Sunday, November 10th. Horizon is made from Sally Fox's organic merino sheep. Sally is an organic textile ...

Last weekend, we hosted a party for our fermentation indigo vat. Nervous about how much the indigo vat could handle in a single day, we limited the group to 25 people. Each person received ...

  I just returned from Vancouver, where I spent 4 days taking class with Brian Whitehead, an artist and natural dyer. Brian has lived in Japan for 25 years and raises silk worms, indigo, and madde...

One reason I am so excited for the book is that it gives me the urgency to conduct experiments I've been wanting to do for years - in a methodical manner. This week, we've been focused upon th...

I adore this time of year in the Bay Area. While July and August (referred to as Fogust) can be overcast and chilly, September brings warmth. The light begins to shift from a silvery grey tone to a...

There are many exciting things happening in the dye studio at the moment. We made 60 gallons of lye this week! This will be used to create our first fermented indigo vat. More details comi...

Hello!  We have been very busy at the store designing new displays and products. One of my main jobs at AVFKW is to assist in the mordanting part of the dyeing process and to build displays for the...

In last week's installment of In the Dye Studio, I asked for you to weigh-in regarding how you would decide when a color had shifted enough to warrant a new colorway. And all I can say is - whoa! Y...

One of the challenges of working in the dye studio is finding consistency in one dye lot to the next. With natural dyes, one batch of dye can vary from another due to the amount of tinctoria found ...