Cream Tea & Craft: Yarn & Create with Caroline from Gorgeous Yarns
Join Lilyboo Lostwithiel for their popular yarn and create afternoons.
"We are delighted to have the talented Caroline from Gorgeous Yarns. Caroline explains that ‘ I set up Gorgeous Yarns in 2014 and initially intended to be an online yarn show. I went to a natural dye workshop with my great yarnie friend Steph of Perran Yarns and I was completely hooked! I loved the range of colours that were possible from plants, that I could grow some in my own garden, forage for others and source dyes from all over the world. I also believe in the sustainability and eco-credentials of natural dyeing, especially onto British wool and I try to be sustainable in all my practices. I have written a book, The Natural Dyer’s Almanac which is like a beginner’s workbook of natural dyeing though the course of a year. In the summer (2025) I completed my Guild Certificate of Achievement as a natural dyer with a Distinction’.
Caroline will be joining us to speak to the group for an hour, which will include a fun quiz with dye plant samples, explanation of what dyes and mordants are, why some are colourfast and some aren’t and how to create a basic dye bath to dye yarn. She will also bring my handmade dye samples book if you’d like to see it".
Cream tea will be included in the workshop price.
For full details of the workshop and to book, please click the button 'BOOK NOW' to be linked to Lilyboo Lostwithiel's website.
