Are you ready to take your love of textiles, plants, or both to the next level? Join Tamara Klassen of Tamara Klassen Artisan Textiles, as she walks you through the process of creating beautifully dyed textiles and yarn using plants available in Southern Manitoba. Learn proper fibre preparation and mordanting techniques, steps to making a dye bath, as well what plants work well as dyes. Participants can explore a variety of dye plants, mordants and fibres, as well as samples of dyed yarn and fabrics.
Hands-on: Limited. Presentation. Some sensory exploration of samples and materials.
Accessibility: This workshop takes place in an outdoor event tent on mown grass pasture, with the usual suspects of event seating.
