Jan Mostrom

My posts have been few but I hope to do better. If you have read the news you know that the Twin Cities have had a tough winter. It was hard to not be distracted and consumed by what was happening to our communities. My knitting was all about red hats. My other textile work is for a project that I cannot share yet but I will eagerly do so when it is announced. No Kings St. Paul. MN For now, I will share this video from March 28th, plus some photos of the big.skies in South Dakota. Our...

Spring has been teasing us in Minnesota with short tastes of what is to come. When spring does arrive it often jumps quickly to summer weather. These single days when the temperature hits 70 degrees puts me in the mood to do some natural dyeing. I had been gifted some rock tripe lichen from my friend Janis and started the fermentation process in March. Mixing chopped lichen with water and ammonia in equal parts started the process. Then it took a lot of jar shaking and watching the mixture...

Our daughter in law is a great gardener and she very kindly devotes space for dye plants and flowers for me! This post is about dyeing...