Wool Fibre Processing and Plant Dyeing Workshop.
(in English and Finnish)
5 days from the 15th to the 20th of August 2008

Venue: Värtsilä, North-Carelia, Finland, on the banks of Jänisjoki. (Hare River)

Using local plants, mushrooms and lichens on organically raised pure Finnish Landrace sheep’s wool. We will also do Madder and Indigo dyebaths if time permits.

During the workshops, we will take the wool straight off the sheep and follow the process right through to carded batts. We hope that each participant will be able to dye a kilo or more of wool, which can be carded into a colourful-layered batt on site.

Price: 150euros + materials (wool, mordents/chemicals)

More information can be found here: http://www.villivilla.org/wshop.htm

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Karoliina Arvilommi and Roderick Welch