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The Cloth at Hand - Grassroots Natural Dyeing

Introduction to the Cloth at Hand

The Plan - Course Outline
Welcome to The Cloth at Hand (2:33)
Supply List Scavenger Hunt (3:01)
This is Dream Bird Studio
Traditional Craft, Copyright & Social Media
Practicing the art of the critique
Meet & greet, with comments and questions

Setting up your Workspace & Gathering Materials

Beginning with Gratitude
Gathering Textile Materials (4:52)
Dye Studio Equipment Overview (11:27)
Color is Everywhere!
Natural Dye Alchemy - Chemistry (0:56)
Safety first (10:03)
Dye Journal - Paying it forward to your Future Self (1:59)
Studio Set Up comments and questions

Scouring - Deep Clean for Deep Color - Module One

Scouring Module Overview
Making Soda Ash from Baking Soda (5:03)
Scouring Process - stripping method demo (13:15)
Boil & Trouble Method (2:54)
Review for understanding

Dismantling Consumption - Module One

Cloth with a Calling
Animal - Mineral - Vegetable
Considering options & reviewing the patterns (3:35)
Dismantle with the End in Mind. (13:49)
The String Game - Making Skeins (3:38)
Scouring Module Feedback and Q & A

Mordanting - Module Two

Mordant Module Overview
Making the Mordant Solution (8:55)
Mordanting the cloth with the solution (8:52)
Fixing Mordant for Success! (8:45)
Review for Understanding
Bonus: Understanding the pH Scale (3:09)
Bonus: Making pH Paper with Red Cabbage (6:09)
Community comments & questions about mordanting

Foraging - connecting to the land - Module Three

Module Three Objectives Overview
Connecting to the Land (6:19)
Ethical harvesting
What is a Naturalist Dyer?
Kitchen Foraging
Growing dye plants (4:17)
Traditional Dyes of Commerce (2:26)
Wheel of the Year
Lets take a nature walk - and meets some trees (10:59)
What the Water Tells Us
Bonus: Special Fermentation method for woody dyestuffs
Foraging comments and questions

Plain dyeing- Module Four

Objectives for Plain Dyeing
If you can make tea, you can dye. (7:08)
Dock: Harvesting & Dyeing (10:30)
Dyeing Demos (32:34)
Putting it all in Jars (16:49)
Subtleties to up your Dye Game
Shapeshifting The Dyebaths (6:57)
Medicinal dyeing
Bonus Round 1: Eggshell Calcium Carbonate
Bonus Round 2: Dyeing with Annatto (10:58)
Plain Dyeing comments and questions

Botanical Printing - Module Five

Module 5 Overview
Plant Portraits (15:05)
Anatomy of a bundle (16:39)
Good plants to try (5:37)
Tannins & Flavonoids Deep Dive (26:08)
Bonus: Making Iron Mordant
Printing comments and questions

Module Six: Bundle Dyeing

Module 6 Overview
Bundle Dyeing - using floral waste (6:43)
Using dried materials in winter (6:47)
White Space Hacks (4:37)
Steam vs Simmer (6:51)
Bonus: Bundle Dyeing Silk (2:04)
Bundle Dyeing comments and questions

Cloth of a different color - Modifying Dyes Module Seven

Objectives for Module 7 - Modifying & Finishing
Modifying, change with intention (13:05)
Tannins II- the dyer's secret weapon (3:38)
Adding Iron to Botanical Printing & Bundle Dyeing (14:37)
Modifier comments and questions

Finishing School for Fabric - Module Seven

The Speed of Slow Textiles
How to Finish Cloth for Fastness
Bonus: Making Lake Pigments from leftover dye baths (5:18)
Finishing comments and questions

Sewing it all together - Module Eight

Sewing Objectives
Hot Tips from the Hacker Seamstress (28:02)
Hacker Seamstress Sews a bag! (19:56)
Make a Reversible Foraging Bag! (13:02)
Bunting Flags
Hot Pads
Cross Back Aprons Two Ways (10:33)
Well fitted Dust Mask
Bag Sewing comments and questions

Conclusion with a Review & Critique: Module Nine

Course Recap
How to give yourself a useful critique
Life Lessons from Critiques
Q & A Zoom
Open Call for Feedback: How can we do this better next time?

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