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2010 - the MAIWA BLOG

Natural Dyes - Scouring

The Maiwa Guide to Natural Dyes What they are and how to use them Proper scouring is absolutely essential to good dyeing. Improperly scoured items do not dye evenly, the dye does not penetrate well, and the dyed item may not be fast. Most fibres come from nature...

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Happy Holidays Everyone.

Poinsettias at Maiwa East. It's mid day on the 24th of December, and we'd like to wish everyone all the best for the ...

Turkey Red features Charllotte Kwon's Workshop

The online edition of the Turkey Red Journal for Fall 2010 has a review of Charllotte Kwon's Natural Dye workshop. The ...

Hand-print your own wrapping paper with carved wooden blocks

Make any gift unique with creative (and extremely easy) blockprinting. It is very good timing ... we have just ...

Simple Gifts

Organic cotton bedding. Naturally dyed and blockprinted by hand - transform a bed into a masterpiece. Available in all ...

New Arrivals - First Shipment of Peruvian Textiles

Maiwa has recently arrived back from a trip to Peru where we gave an indigo workshop, attended the Tinkuy gathering of ...

Jawaja Leatherwork - New Designs, New Arrivals

We've just put the first items in the store from a new Jawaja order. This order has taken over a year to complete - ...

Maiwa Featured in the Vancouver Sun

On Saturday November 27th, Kim Davis in a special to the Vancouver Sun featured an interview with Charllotte Kwon ...

New Yarn Shipments at Maiwa Supply

Just arrived in Maiwa Supply: a new shipment of 100% Qiviuk yarns and blends. 100% Qiviuk 50% Qiviuk ,50% Silk ...

November Arrivals at Maiwa East

We have just brushed the dust off another shippment of furniture ... We receive containers on a regular basis holding ...

Natural Dyes - Weight of Fibre

The Maiwa Guide to Natural Dyes What they are and how to use them Weight of Fibre. This straightforward concept is ...

The Working Traveller Part 3

We've just put our latest podcast up. Part 3 In this presentation the panel consider the unique identity of stitches ...

Maiwa in Peru - Presenting a Tinkuy Workshop

On November 8th we gave our second workshop. Nilda had requested that we present our experiences working with ...