OUR THIRD FREE LESSONScouringSee Our Free Lesson on ScouringWe have launched our new online teaching platform at maiwa.teachable.com. We are now offering our third free lesson - this one on the important concept of SCOURING. Deceptively simple. Proper preparation of your fibres is absolutely essential to even dyeing....
Blue threads run through our new line of clothing. ...
Thursday, October 29, 2020
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Shown: Ajrakh Wool Shawl-Bold Lines worn with the Nila Wrap Top-Ash, Nila Pant-AshAny day of the year, really, is the right day for a shawl. We find comfort in cloth, held next to our skin, wrapped around us. Under a coat or over your shoulders, a shawl is...
Tuesday, October 27, 2020
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OUR SECOND FREE LESSONWeight of FibreSee Our Free Lesson on Weight of Fibre (WOF)We have launched our new online teaching platform at maiwa.teachable.com. We are now offering our second free lesson - this one on the important concept of WEIGHT of FIBRE (WOF). Over the following weeks we...
Saturday, October 24, 2020
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The dyers sometimes wonder what has become of all the beautiful hanks of yarn that they so carefully hand-dyed with natural colour. It seems so long ago that the precious bundles went to the weavers.And in the weaving shed, many months must pass before the finished cloth can...
Thursday, October 22, 2020
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MARIGOLD TO MADDER ...See our Natural Dyes HereWhere our colour comes from ...Maiwa spends a lot of time with natural colour. Like vintners, we are constantly evaluating a batch from the latest seasons' harvest. We have a table with dye pots going pretty much constantly. Each pot is...
Tuesday, October 20, 2020
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India is wearing the Journeywoman Wayfinder Smock in Handwoven Linen White and the Journeywoman Wind Dancer Skirt in Silk Ivory dyed herself.A COLLABORATION BETWEENINDIA FLINT & MAIWA ...
Friday, October 16, 2020
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MAIWA SCHOOL OF TEXTILESOnline Learning on Teachablemaiwa.teachable.comWe are launching our new online teaching platform at maiwa.teachable.com. To get things rolling we are offering a free lesson on Fibre Types. This is just the first! Over the following weeks we will be posting additional free lessons on important topics...
Wednesday, October 14, 2020
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