The Textile Orchard

¡feliz 2026!
happy 2026!

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Al llegar al Museo del Traje para participar en el grupo de trabajo de roseta canaria pensé en lo bien que quedaría un bordado en la torre del museo. ¿Cuál sería vuestra propuesta? Aquí os cuento la mía:
thetextileorchard.substack.com/p/un-dechado...

From the Archive: Dyeing with Lichens – Traditions, Experiments and Books: 1740s to 1810s (2500 words). www.ikfoundation.org/itextilis/dy...

And this year I'm having lots of ants, last year there weren't, but curiously no aphids this year and last one, lots of them.

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Y este año hay multitud de hormigas, el año pasado ninguna, pero es curioso que no hay pulgones y el año pasado, muchos
#rubia
#bibliotecadesemillas

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Un detalle de la rubia que tengo en casa. Este año pienso cosechar las raíces. Cruzo los dedos. Mientras, unas flores. Si os fijáis, tienen cinco pétalos, pero ¡hay algunas con seis!

A detail of the #madder I have at home. This year I'm planning to harvest the roots 🤞
In the meantime here are some flowers. They have five petals, but there are some with six!

#RubiaTinctorum
#TinctorialSeedLibrary

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Remember not to remove lichens from natura to dye, they are very delicate and need years to grow.

Tinctorial Dye Fungi Dye Fungi are less known than dye plants, yet still amazing. This group is only for known dye fungi around the world. Take pictures, not lichens!

Now dye fungi are in a split apart project from Tinctorial Collection on iNaturalist: www.inaturalist.org/projects/tin...

To see them together, you still can visit Tinctorial Umbrella, along with other dye plants projects: www.inaturalist.org/projects/tin...

@inaturalist.bsky.social

you'll never know when it's going to happen
first flax flower

#flax #firstflaxflower #flaxflowers #blueflowers #lino #floresdelino #flaxtolinen #floresazules #blueflowers #linumusitatissimum #plantsforfiber #fiberplants #textileplants #textilegarden #thetextileorchard #textileorchard

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Out today: The CRAFTED Report, exposing blind spots in fashion & homeware climate claims. The report launches the Artisans’ Index, the first research initiative to benchmark how 50 global brands disclose the environmental impact of artisan production.
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I'm very grateful to Antonio Rodríguez Ruiz, in the first foto, to also Antonio and Carmen for organizing it. These beautiful mats, and tablecloths are theirs.
And, of course, to Museo a mano / @museodeltraje, too!

And so I spent yesterday's morning, making a 'roseta', a type of lace from Canary Islands, at Museo del Traje for World Wide Knit in Public Day 2025.

Y estas son todas las fotos que he hecho O_o Si tardo un poco más no queda ni la papelera para la foto…
Muy contento con toda la experiencia, la gente muy entregada y El Retiro muy detallistas en la organización.
#tintesnaturales

Este findesemana participo en este programa organizado por el CIEA El Retiro que relaciona medio ambiente e industria textil. Sólo dos días, con multitud de actividades interesantes, y algunas necesitan inscripción.

Cambiando el hilo. Tejiendo el cambio, 24—25 mayo
diario.madrid.es/cieaelretiro...

Thanks! The first link is 404, and all this is for the data USA-NPN already have, but I was speaking of formatting my own data to share it in a standard format, so anyother can use it, if they wanted to. But as of your answers I'm supposing there is not such a scientific standard. Still searching!

Maps are a great resource to visualize, but I was thinking on raw data, so I can share and others could use for their analysis...

Is there any standard to share this data, once is recorded?

no idea, I don't know if flax could thrive in a soil like that.
Other possibility is that maybe you can try on a big pot with new soil...

Just 100 days (aprox.) It's a easy crop, I think, only make sure it has a constant watering.

#freakalert:
Is someone into phenology? This year I'm growing flax again in a pot, but also taking notes about their growing. I'm using this sheet in case you'd like to join, comment, discuss, etc:
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
#flax

internet archive should have a cute little mascot they can make into a plushie

I think you can use it from the first year growth, but it is best at their third year, or third autumn, when it should be harvested. (then processed to dry and storage or used fresh...)
#madder

NEW ESSAY: Bolsters and Pillows – Swedish Weaving Traditions and Historical Reproductions. www.ikfoundation.org/itextilis/bo...

if you are (still) in facebook there is a group of gardening dye plants: www.facebook.com/groups/growi...
So you can ask which ones can be grown in your area. There are always native plants to dye, but not always known.

Some plants are very easy to grow, others are even pretty
You only need some space, and growm them in pots is not the best choice, but it's what I have at hand now...

Fleurtje-Eliza's Muscari Dyeing Grape Hyacinths from the garden, in the fridge for almost three days (68-70 hours). The sock yarn and embroidery cloth were 17 grams together, the muscari bells I used weighted a bit more than twi...

I didn't even think of it, but this link seems quite nice: www.ravelry.com/projects/Fle...
The result is a very pale colour, but there are colours for everyone 😅