NATURAL DYES
I use plants, minerals, fungi (and sometimes insects!) to dye fabric and yarn. Natural dyes give a big range of beautiful and harmonious colour without the use of toxic chemicals.
This is a beautifully versatile cloth, it feels like cotton but the hemp content gives some added texture and slub. Suitable for dresses, tops, trousers.
This is a soft grey with a slight hint of green.
Hemp is a densely grown plant that literally chokes out any competing plants. This means harsh chemical herbicides aren’t necessary. Hemp also naturally reduces pests, so no pesticides are needed. It also returns 60-70% of the nutrients it takes from the soil. Hemp production requires much less water than cotton, and only requires a small amount of land to cultivate.