Griffin Dyeworks – Ancient. Medieval. Modern. Handmade.

Griffin Dyeworks is a non-profit corporation dedicated to teaching historical textile arts skills and techniques, providing affordable space for educational workshops, and redistributing donated sewing and art supplies to the community.

What does this mean?

This means you can support our organization and charitable mission by SHOPPING our natural dyes, supplies, and handmade fiber arts tools.

We are available to teach WORKSHOPS in a variety of textile arts and natural dyeing, for parties, guilds, classes, employees, or yourself!

We will be hosting Fiber Frolics and Retreats each year!

Want to be involved? Please Join Our Facebook Group, follow us on social media (see right column), or sign up for our email newsletter!

griffindyeworks

Los Angeles-based non-profit corporation dedicated to promoting historical textile arts. Have dyepots, will travel!

Did I teach you to spin yesterday @socalfiberfair?

Did I teach you to spin yesterday @socalfiberfair? There were a lot of you. Say hi in the comments so I can follow you! Welcome to the OG fidget spinner crew!
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#handspinning #dropspindle #soldout #oops

Started a small army of hand spinners, oops. Fun a

Started a small army of hand spinners, oops. Fun at @socalfiberfair today!

Booth setup complete for the SoCal Fiber Fair this

Booth setup complete for the SoCal Fiber Fair this weekend at the Pomona Fairplex! We’re to the right from the entrance and on the right side.

Please stop and say “Hi” when you come by!

I have Natural Dyes - SO much roving - a variety of curly fleeces and merino - lots of tiny $2 bags of miscellaneous fluff for blending - FULL ART BATTS from Cynthia at Wild and Wooly Fibers - LOTS of tools for weaving - hand spindles and tahkli - and so much more!

Got some dyes measured and labeled for the @socalf

Got some dyes measured and labeled for the @socalfiberfair! Comment if there’s anything in particular you want me to bring - I can’t bring it all but I can fit more! Link to current shop in bio.
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#naturaldyes #indigocrystals #prereducedindigo #cochineal #osageorange #weld #madder #alum #tannin #redcedar #buckthornpowder

Some gently used hand spindles that were rescued f

Some gently used hand spindles that were rescued from the curb by a neighbor of a spinner and weaver who passed away. These will all be at @socalfiberfair, plus three Navajo/thigh spindles and two sets of hand carders.
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#handspun #handspindles #topwhorlspindle #bottomwhorlspindle #navajospindle #turkishspindle

Visited @makersacresla this morning and met their

Visited @makersacresla this morning and met their herd! 😍 Looking forward to collaborating in the future. 💙

A tiny tiny piece of a linen wrapping from @losang

A tiny tiny piece of a linen wrapping from @losangelesgettyvilla’s new Book of the Dead exhibit. The linen is maybe 3-4” tall and the linen is unbelievably finely spun. Just astonishing levels of skill! #linen #handspun #ancientEgypt

Next up for the @socalfiberfair, in our “gently

Next up for the @socalfiberfair, in our “gently used” category, an Ashford Scholar! This is an older model wheel that I acquired from a professional spinner. It’s literally like new - I oiled it up and it spins beautifully. It also folds and is SO lightweight, it’s a great travel wheel. It comes with three bobbins and need an orifice hook.
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Real talk, I’m tempted to keep it and sell my Ashford Joy DT with woolee winder instead. 😬 There’s something so nice about a no-frills wheel.
#spinning #handspinning #spinningwheel #ashford #ashfordscholar

Getting some items together for @socalfiberfair! H

Getting some items together for @socalfiberfair! Here are some of the many spindle styles I’ll have for sale. Supported, top whorl, bottom whorl - do you have a favorite style?
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#handspinning #dropspindle #handspindle #handspunyarn

Cochineal is so gorgeous! 😍 #naturaldyes #cochi

Cochineal is so gorgeous! 😍 #naturaldyes #cochineal #cochinillo #tintesnaturales #dyeretreat #textiles #experimentalarchaeology

Join Theresa from @griffindyeworks and Vanè of @b

Join Theresa from @griffindyeworks and Vanè of @behindthebeet at @cufarm Saturday, Sept 16 for The Art of Happy Accidents! I’ll be talking natural dyes and everyone will get to dye a few items and experience the magic of happy accidents! Link in bio to sign up.
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#dyeworkshop #naturaldyes #panoramacity #kitchendyes #trashrich #reducereuserecycle #happyaccidents

Schedule’s up for the Frolic Sept 23! If you wan

Schedule’s up for the Frolic Sept 23! If you want to register for classes, you can do so via the link in bio or message me and I’ll send the signup form.

The event is now pay what you can + materials fees to reimburse teachers. Class fees and descriptions are also in the link in bio!

#losangeles #weaving #naturaldyes #icedye #lucet #silkpainting #yarndyeing #embroidery

I built a tabletop warp weight loom! And it works,

I built a tabletop warp weight loom! And it works, mostly. I was challenged by the uneven ground we were on - my weights weren’t hanging at the correct angle to easily pass the shuttle through the shed. Keeping the warp evenly spaced, or spaced at all, was basically impossible. And lastly, my weights were not heavy enough for me to be able to beat upwards - I had to pull the warp down as I did. A+ learning experience, I look forward to fixing these issues and trying again! Many thanks to Richard the Bowman for his assistance carving out the square holes and the small L shaped upper brackets.

I’m at the International Quilt Show in Long Beac

I’m at the International Quilt Show in Long Beach today! Not my usual craft, but I can appreciate the work that went into these. Tickets for a day are just $15 and well worth a few hours of your time.

Some BTS pics from my time with @behindthebeet tod

Some BTS pics from my time with @behindthebeet today! Stay tuned to see what we were up to.. :) #naturaldyes #consciousliving #ecoconscious #kitchenscraps #foraging

Tickets now available! We’re gathering teachers

Tickets now available! We’re gathering teachers and classes - if you’re interested in teaching, get in touch!

What are you interested in learning?

Had an AMAZING day at the @gettymuseum yesterday f

Had an AMAZING day at the @gettymuseum yesterday for their Family Festival: Medieval Play. Myself, Roberta, and Cat demonstrated spinning and weaving allll day long to hundreds of people as part of a group of living history participants.

Lots of guests remember seeing their mothers or grandmothers spinning yarn, which I always love to hear about. There was SO much going on all day, it was truly a unique event for us and for the Getty! We’ll be back July 9 if you want to experience the whole event with your family.

Trying out some instructions for making dye lakes,

Trying out some instructions for making dye lakes, or pigments. I haven’t done it in ages, so this is more of just testing the overall process to refamiliarize myself.

Left -mystery lichen that has been soaking for literally a decade (🤦🏽‍♀️), madder from powder, and madder from whole root pieces.

Next step after drying these pigments out and testing them will be trying to create different colored madder dyebaths (orange, purple, pure red) and creating lakes from those!

Hope you’re interested in blending your own batt

Hope you’re interested in blending your own batts and spinning at this year’s retreat! 👀👀

I fixed up this Ashford Traditional and it’ll be

I fixed up this Ashford Traditional and it’ll be for sale at WEFF tomorrow! Support Griffin Dyeworks’ mission to promote historical textile arts skills by shopping our booth!

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