Textile Lab Meets Columbia!

We had an enjoy­able and pro­duc­tive day at the busy Colum­bia Green­mar­ket! We cre­ated dyes using cab­bage from Stan­nard Farm.  We also found some mint and rose­mary to make dye with from Monks­hood Nurs­ery.  Many peo­ple stopped by the lab, includ­ing tex­tile fanatic Ruby who was spin­ning yarn with us (pic­tured below).

See Textile Lab At Columbia!

The Tex­tile Lab will be at the Colum­bia Green­mar­ket on Sun­day 9/11 from 10am-5pm. We will have the yarns we dyed with the plants from the last mar­ket visit! Join us for some nat­ural dye­ing, spin­ning and knit­ting with local mate­ri­als from the market!

Welcome To Inwood!

The Inwood community welcomed Textile Lab on Saturday at the GrowNYC Greenmarket! We created dyes with fennel, celery, zinnia and cilantro from J Glebocki Farm. We talked to many residents from the neighborhood including a professional textile dyer, Rosanna Maher and Jane Herman, who is a textile artist. You can see a picture of one of Jane's beautiful felted textiles that she retrieved from her studio to show us!

Textile Lab Visits Inwood This Saturday!

Join Textile Lab this Saturday (9/3) from 10am-3pm at the Inwood greenmarket at Isham and Cooper Streets. We are expecting  plenty of sunshine,  as we collect plants, make dyes and knit and spin local wool and alpaca fibers!

Textile Lab at the Union Square Pavilion!

Join Textile Lab this coming Saturday 8/27,  at the Union Square Pavilion ( North End of Union Square along 17th Street). We will be creating dyes from local plants,  dyeing recycled t shirts, and spinning yarn from local wool! Textile Lab will be at the Pavilion from 11am -3pm. For more information visit:

http://www.grownyc.org/greenmarket/unsqpavilion

Thunder

In spite of the torrential rain and thunder, Textile Lab was present at the 79th Street greenmarket . We created dyes with  zinnias from Berried Treasure and Duva Farms, and cilantro from Gajeski Farm. We also got very, very WET!!

Textile Lab visits 79th Street Greenmarket!

Join Textile Lab this Sunday (8/14) at the 79th Street market at Columbus Ave and 79th Street from 10am-5pm. See the yarns that we dyed with the plants from the last greenmarket excursion! We will also be knitting and spinning yarn made from local wool.

Red cabbage dye from Greenpoint market!

Colors from sunflower, red cabbage, parsley and carrot tops!