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Our latest workshop with Laura Thomas - weaving with fine wires and metals:

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And here some pictures from our Show & Tell in March:

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Fleece to shawl challenge at the Really Wild Festival in St Davids - we spun and wove a shawl in a day (with a bit of preparation) and raffled it off! 

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Our latest natural dyeing fun day was really fun, and we even had lovely sunshine!

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Our latest show & tell, there are so many pictures because there is so much talent! And there was much more...

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In November we all showed off braids we had recently made:

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Margaret and David Redpath gave a fascinating talk about they naturally dyeing career when the Brecon Guild visited us in June. 

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'Pembrokeshire Postcards' - a collective crochet piece coordinated by Joan Church - see it at one of the shows and events we will be attending this year!

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In July 2008 we spent a day with Margaret Redpath, gathering woad and preparing it to dye blue. You can see the whole process here, including the magic moment when the yellow actually turned blue. We also overdyed and achieved lovely green hues.

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And the 2007  natural dye workshop 'Colours for a Queen' with Margaret Redpath also produced beautiful colours:

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