Be part of a pioneering new community exploring regenerative principals by Growing Slow Textiles.

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Growing Slow Textiles is an invitation to develop a regenerative craft practice by journeying through every stage from seed to cloth with two heritage fibre and dye plants - flax and indigo. During this holistic process you’ll join a pioneering community exploring deep ecology and defining for ourselves what it means to be ‘Earth Restorers’.

What you'll get:

• Seed kit containing woad, Japanese indigo and licensed flax fibre seed (1m²)*
• 9 X 2hr monthly online meetings with colour activist and natural dyer Justine Aldersey-Williams guiding you from seed to cloth and featuring multiple industry experts including:-
  • author and indigo explorer Jenny Balfour-Paul
  • Simon and Ann Cooper from Flaxland
  • medical herbalist and Plant Spirit Medicine practitioner Pip Waller
  • hand spinners and weavers Allan Brown and Brigitte Kaltenbacher 
• 9 x Earth Rests meditation sessions exploring deep ecology 
• 9 month access (until 31:12:24) to a private classroom with meeting recordings to catch up on
• Lifetime membership to private Growing Slow Textiles resource sharing and networking channel

* bonus free seed kits included for U.K. residents only although international residents who can source their own are also very welcome. Some additional materials will be required later in the year and a materials list will be sent during first meeting.

“We are stardust, we are golden, we are billion year old carbon and we got to get ourselves back to the garden.” - Joni Mitchell

TICKET SALES CLOSE: THU 29TH FEB

SEED KITS POSTED: FRI 8TH MAR 

CLASS STARTS: SAT 16TH MAR

CLASS ENDS: SAT 16TH NOV

PROVISIONAL Monthly Meeting Schedule - DATES TO BE CONFIRMED

March 16th: Bless the Seeds - a full introduction to the course including website orientation, seed blessing and planting instructions.

April 20th: Being Restorative - introduction to Fibershed’s regenerative growing principals, key projects and the importance of rest to planetary restoration.

May 18th: Plant Spirit Medicine Journey with Flax and Woad with medical herbalist Pip Waller, exploring the healing possibilities of communion with plant allies and what it means to be indigenous.

June 15th: Deeper than Indigo - a talk by acclaimed author Jenny Balfour-Paul, specifically considering the holistic and spiritual connotations of indigo dye within various cultures.

July 20th: Indigo Pigment Extraction & Dyeing - I’ll take you through the entire process from plant to coloured yarn.

August 17th: Rett, Break, Scutch & Hackle  - Simon and Ann Cooper from Flaxland will demystify flax processing techniques in time for our harvest. We’ll also make flax dollies to bless next year’s crops.

September 14th: Drop Spindle Spinning with Allan Brown who specialises in processing, spinning and weaving native textile crops including flax and nettles.

October 19th: Hand Weaving an Indigo Linen Patch with Brigitte Kaltenbacher of Bee Kay Makes.

November 16th: Show & Tell - we’ll share our results and learning experiences.

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