Comments for Woad.wordpress.com http://woad.wordpress.com A weblog supporting Woad.org.uk - your comments & queries on woad Sat, 12 Dec 2009 18:36:20 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Guestbook by Lea http://woad.wordpress.com/guestbook/#comment-13929 Lea Sat, 12 Dec 2009 18:36:20 +0000 http://woad.wordpress.com/guestbook/#comment-13929 "a resist that produces alternate stripes of woad blue and madder red" do you mean like in batik (I'm not native english speaker)? I know my mum used warm beeswax to cover the spots that shouldn't be dyed. And afterwards either ironing (works rather well - use enough cloth and paper to absorb) or steaming (a steam machine at home worked even better than a shop) Well, if I got the meaning wrong this information is pretty useless, but anyway :) Love Lea “a resist that produces alternate stripes of woad blue and madder red” do you mean like in batik (I’m not native english speaker)? I know my mum used warm beeswax to cover the spots that shouldn’t be dyed. And afterwards either ironing (works rather well – use enough cloth and paper to absorb) or steaming (a steam machine at home worked even better than a shop)
Well, if I got the meaning wrong this information is pretty useless, but anyway :)
Love Lea

]]> Comment on Guestbook by Lea http://woad.wordpress.com/guestbook/#comment-13928 Lea Sat, 12 Dec 2009 18:31:03 +0000 http://woad.wordpress.com/guestbook/#comment-13928 Dear Mrs Roberts, This page you made is so wonderful! I'm absolutely thrilled to find a good explanation to make the woad dye and to dyw with indigo - without the hydrosulphite. I tried to make the woad dye with dried leaves that I had around. I'd already made them small in a blender, but still I wanted to try. Up till step 6 everything went acoording to the photo's (with pouring soda it became dark yellow brown), but I didn't get blue froth - froth stayed yellow and liquid some café au lait colour, and the sediment turned out brown, I think plant material, but still Í'll try some dyeing with it. Might might might be something :-) I don't know what went wrong, probably the woad being too old or the pH too low. More tries to come! My neighbours love me... Thank you for your clear description! Love, Lea Dear Mrs Roberts,
This page you made is so wonderful! I’m absolutely thrilled to find a good explanation to make the woad dye and to dyw with indigo – without the hydrosulphite.
I tried to make the woad dye with dried leaves that I had around. I’d already made them small in a blender, but still I wanted to try. Up till step 6 everything went acoording to the photo’s (with pouring soda it became dark yellow brown), but I didn’t get blue froth – froth stayed yellow and liquid some café au lait colour, and the sediment turned out brown, I think plant material, but still Í’ll try some dyeing with it. Might might might be something :-) I don’t know what went wrong, probably the woad being too old or the pH too low. More tries to come! My neighbours love me…
Thank you for your clear description!
Love,
Lea

]]> Comment on Guestbook by Smeafexcene http://woad.wordpress.com/guestbook/#comment-13881 Smeafexcene Sun, 29 Nov 2009 16:29:39 +0000 http://woad.wordpress.com/guestbook/#comment-13881 <a href="http://www.gossip-girl.watch-movies-and-series-online.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.youronlinemovies.net/includes/public/images/movies/gossip-girl.png</a> Hi <B>Upper East Siders</B>! Come And Welcome to my website: <B><a href="http://gossip-girl.watch-movies-and-series-online.com" rel="nofollow"><B>Gossip Girl</B></a></B> Whether you’re a Hampton Baby, Central Park <B>Prada</B> gal, or you even dwell in *<B>gasp</B>* Brooklyn, <I>this site is for you.</I> Why? The answer’s easier than deciding <B>what to wear</B> tomorrow to school. <B>Because </B>my website has <B>all </B>the latest <B>gossip</B> about <B>Serena</B>, <B>Blair, Dan </B>and the other poor little rich kids on the Upper East Side. http://www.youronlinemovies.net/includes/public/images/movies/gossip-girl.png

Hi Upper East Siders!
Come And Welcome to my website: Gossip Girl
Whether you’re a Hampton Baby, Central Park Prada gal, or you even dwell in *gasp* Brooklyn, this site is for you.
Why? The answer’s easier than deciding what to wear tomorrow to school.
Because my website has all the latest gossip about Serena, Blair, Dan and the other poor little rich kids on the Upper East Side.

]]> Comment on Guestbook by marion barnett http://woad.wordpress.com/guestbook/#comment-1270 marion barnett Sun, 03 Jun 2007 16:21:54 +0000 http://woad.wordpress.com/guestbook/#comment-1270 Thank you very much indeed for the website...it was just what I needed. I live very near the woad farm in Norfolk, and have just invested in some pigment...now I know what to *do* with it... Thank you very much indeed for the website…it was just what I needed. I live very near the woad farm in Norfolk, and have just invested in some pigment…now I know what to *do* with it…

]]> Comment on Talk: An allotment to dye for by woad http://woad.wordpress.com/2007/05/23/talk-an-allotment-to-dye-for/#comment-1139 woad Sun, 27 May 2007 11:13:00 +0000 http://woad.wordpress.com/2007/05/23/talk-an-allotment-to-dye-for/#comment-1139 Actually, I had more questions for them, than they for me... Actually, I had more questions for them, than they for me…

]]> Comment on Talk: An allotment to dye for by Nes http://woad.wordpress.com/2007/05/23/talk-an-allotment-to-dye-for/#comment-1128 Nes Sat, 26 May 2007 20:55:01 +0000 http://woad.wordpress.com/2007/05/23/talk-an-allotment-to-dye-for/#comment-1128 It must have been great fun. I have been a Tolkien fan since the 70's. What sort of questions did they ask? It must have been great fun. I have been a Tolkien fan since the 70’s.
What sort of questions did they ask?

]]> Comment on Guestbook by Alex http://woad.wordpress.com/guestbook/#comment-684 Alex Wed, 25 Apr 2007 14:16:26 +0000 http://woad.wordpress.com/guestbook/#comment-684 Thank You Thank You

]]> Comment on Guestbook by Mary http://woad.wordpress.com/guestbook/#comment-394 Mary Sun, 08 Apr 2007 15:22:08 +0000 http://woad.wordpress.com/guestbook/#comment-394 I got to the Indigo Exhibition at last on Wednesday. I was glad I made the effort (even though it took me three and three-quarters of an hour to get there by public transport), and can now understand your slightly less than 100% reaction to it. When I got home, I was not raving about it to 'im indoors, as normal after this sort of outing, it just stopped short of possessing the "wow" factor. There wasn't anything in it that I wanted to come home and attempt to copy. I am puzzled by my own reaction. Perhaps I am just growing woad and cynical. I got to the Indigo Exhibition at last on Wednesday. I was glad I made the effort (even though it took me three and three-quarters of an hour to get there by public transport), and can now understand your slightly less than 100% reaction to it. When I got home, I was not raving about it to ‘im indoors, as normal after this sort of outing, it just stopped short of possessing the “wow” factor. There wasn’t anything in it that I wanted to come home and attempt to copy. I am puzzled by my own reaction. Perhaps I am just growing woad and cynical.

]]> Comment on Living Rivers by woad http://woad.wordpress.com/2007/01/08/living-rivers/#comment-63 woad Mon, 19 Feb 2007 16:48:11 +0000 http://woad.wordpress.com/2007/01/08/living-rivers/#comment-63 Hi Nancy I have contacted Deb, from Mulberry Dyer (fishwife@mulberrydyer.co.uk), and she told me the following: 'Yes we do dye cloth on commission, we’ve lots on the go at the moment! We can either supply the cloth and dye it or we dye cloth supplied. If you want to put the person in touch then let them have this email address and we can take it from there. I don’t actually know anyone else with the facilities to dye cloth, but I’m sure there must be!' Hi Nancy

I have contacted Deb, from Mulberry Dyer (fishwife@mulberrydyer.co.uk), and she told me the following:
‘Yes we do dye cloth on commission, we’ve lots on the go at the moment! We can either supply the cloth and dye it or we dye cloth supplied. If you want to put the person in touch then let them have this email address and we can take it from there. I don’t actually know anyone else with the facilities to dye cloth, but I’m sure there must be!’

]]> Comment on Living Rivers by nancy http://woad.wordpress.com/2007/01/08/living-rivers/#comment-56 nancy Sun, 18 Feb 2007 03:45:49 +0000 http://woad.wordpress.com/2007/01/08/living-rivers/#comment-56 Hi ,I am looking for info on bying woad dyed fabric, Hi ,I am looking for info on bying woad dyed fabric,

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