Thorody

10/06/2023

Pesticide Free Plymouth! Stop the use of pesticides for a greener, healthier city

08/05/2023

The Thorody FB page will be closing this week. If you would like to continue to follow our adventures in Flax growing and linen production please follow us at our new page (link below).

Thank you for all the support and interest over the years and I hope to see some of you at the new page. 👏👏👏❤️❤️❤️🙏🙏🙏🌿🌿🌿

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100091318297084

Bringing linen production to Plymouth and the Tamar Valley.
Workshops in all things textile.

07/04/2023

Our next Flax Processing workshop is on Sat 22nd April and there are a few places available.

Come along and transform flax straw into golden fibre. Then transform the golden fibre into cordage to take home.

Details can be found through the link below 👇
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/introduction-to-flax-processing-tickets-592396462767

I will soon no longer post on this page, it will be shut down. If you want to be updated about workshops etc please follow the Flax Project CIC page.
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100091318297084

06/04/2023

I am very excited to announce that the Flax Project is now officially a Community Interest Company!!! 🎺🎺🎺🎺🎺🎺🎺🎺🎺

Very soon I will be closing down the Thorody page, part of the ongoing switch over from Thorody to the Flax Project.

There is now a brand new Flax Project FB page - Flax Project CIC (which doesn’t seem to want to link yet, but if you search it, it will be there).

If you would like to continue to follow us on FB please follow Flax Project CIC
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100091318297084

As part of our restructuring of Thorody and the Flax Project, Thorody will no longer be a stand alone business and Thorody fabrics will be sold through the Flax Project website.

The Thorody website has already been de-activated and the Thorody email address will be closed down in the next 7 days.

If you would like to be on the mailing list please visit www.flaxproject.uk where you will be prompted to sign up to the Flax Project mailing list. As you may know, we are not prolific emailers and tend to send emails only when there is news. For the Flax Project you will hear about our education programme and workshops at the Plot, volunteering and harvesting days, linen progress and Thorody fabric special offers.

Although there will be some changes, the Thorody fabric range will still exist and at some point we will have our very own Tamar Valley grown linen, which is very exciting!

We hope many of you will continue to join us in this new chapter but for those that don't we would like to say farewell and thank you for all your support over the years.
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Reviving the Flax industry in South West Britain.Bringing linen production to Plymouth and the Tamar Valley.  Photographer: Horace Nichols. These photographs are part of the Imperial War Museum Photographic Archive Collection, First World War, Flax Growing in Somerset. Courtesy of the Imperial War ...

06/04/2023

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05/04/2023

Very pleased be a finalist for the 2023 Elizabeth and Richard Ashford Textile Award!
Here’s a photo of Raph threading the warp on an Ashford SampleIt loom.
😁❤️
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31/03/2023

Our Indigo Shibori workshops are filling up fast (both of them). Still a few places left though, don’t miss out!

In this half day workshop we will dip our toes (or maybe our fabrics!) into the world of Indigo dye vats and Shibori folding techniques.

We are doing it the old fashioned way (of course) using natural indigo and just 2 other ingredients for our recipe.

Participants will be instructed in how to create natural indigo vats, using different ingredients. There are many ways to do this, some are more complex than others, we will be concentrating on some simpler recipes. And we will be using a vat made from a non-toxic recipe a few days prior to the workshop.

Using natural fabric samples we will practice a range of shibori folding and tie-ing techniques and participants can make up their own folding patterns too. Then we will dye these in the indigo vat, re-dipping to achieve the desired colour and witnessing the transformation from green to blue as the fabric oxidises in the air.

You will take home your own cushion sized indigo shibori fabric square and other samples.

Part of the Natural Dye Workshops collection
The first in a new series of natural dye workshops.

More info from instagram link in bio or 👇

https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/natural-dye-workshops-1935579?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=creatorshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=odclsxcollection&utm-source=cp&aff=escb

28/03/2023

I have always loved Camus. Came across this today it reflected exactly how I am feeling. A day in the field restores and resets me. Getting outside into nature, somewhere where you can hear the breeze and the creatures, smell the soil is such a great medicine for fatigue

27/03/2023

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/624406/

Many non-organic pesticides can currently be sold to anyone in the UK without any checks or training. They should be banned from sale, online and in person, to the general public.

26/03/2023

New workshop alert! Just added on Eventbrite Introduction to Indigo Shibori Dyeing Workshop
In this half day workshop we will dip our toes (or maybe our fabrics!) into the world of Indigo dye vats and Shibori folding techniques.

We are doing it the old fashioned way (of course) using natural indigo and just 2 other ingredients for our recipe.

Participants will be instructed in how to create natural indigo vats, using different ingredients. There are many ways to do this, some are more complex than others, we will be concentrating on some simpler recipes. And we will be using a vat made from a non-toxic recipe a few days prior to the workshop.

Using natural fabric samples we will practice a range of shibori folding and tie-ing techniques and participants can make up their own folding patterns too. Then we will dye these in the indigo vat, re-dipping to achieve the desired colour and witnessing the transformation from green to blue as the fabric oxidises in the air.

You will take home your own cushion sized indigo shibori fabric square and other samples.
Part of the Natural Dye Workshops collection
The first in a new series of natural dye workshops, join us for a half day exploring the beauty of Indigo dying and Shibori folding.
More info from link in Instagram bio or 👇

https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/natural-dye-workshops-1935579?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=creatorshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=odclsxcollection&utm-source=cp&aff=escb

23/03/2023

New workshop alert! Just added on Eventbrite

Introduction to Indigo Shibori Dyeing Workshop

Part of the Natural Dye Workshops collection
The first in a new series of natural dye workshops, join us for a half day exploring the beauty of Indigo dying and Shibori folding.
More info from
https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/natural-dye-workshops-1935579?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=creatorshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=odclsxcollection&utm-source=cp&aff=escb

21/03/2023

Still a few places available on this Saturday’s Flax Processing Workshop. Experience the transformation of straw into golden fibre and thence (yes thence!) into cordage
🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱

Eventbrite link is found here👇
https://linktr.ee/vickyputler?fbclid=PAAaYghXZZyTSeeFn6InRO8G9GesgJCz2cCsx_rcgX9iHshBWCCF1lGgQ9HHI