Scouring – Our Third Free Lesson – MST Online

 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....

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Keep Them Close – Warm Shawls

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...

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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...

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New Clothing – A Celebration of Handweaving

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...

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Where Our Colour Comes From – Testing Each Season of Colour

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...

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Journeywoman – A Collaboration Between India Flint and Maiwa

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 ...

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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...

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