Learn to dye and weave fabric at weekend workshop
Sou’Wester Lodge hosts textile artist Brooke Shepherd to lead two-day class
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The plum pudding at the Flavel House is served with lemon sauce, whipped cream, a
marischino cherry and a holly leaf.
Flavel House Museum
serves tea, plum pudding
ASTORIA — Enjoy a relaxing
afternoon with a cup of tea and
traditional holiday plum pud-
ding in the festively decorated
historic Flavel House Muse-
um. Tea and Plum Pudding
is held daily from 1 to 4 p.m.
Saturday, Dec. 19 to Wednes-
day, Dec. 23 and again from
Dec. 26 to 30.
Plum pudding is a tradition-
al Victorian holiday treat. Ac-
cording to Victorian author Sat-
enig St. Marie, “Plum pudding
was believed to have magical
powers, including the ability
to make peace. A husband and
wife who had had a misunder-
standing would be reconciled
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pudding while stirring it.”
Cost for the event is $12
per person and includes fresh,
warm plum pudding, a cup of
tea and self-guided tour of the
Flavel House Museum. Reser-
vations are recommended for
groups of eight or more.
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Brooke Shepherd, who runs a textile arts
studio in Portland, will lead the workshop.
This workshop will cover how to dye fabric
and yarn with natural found materials and
also how to weave.
using seawater as a mordant.
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ing hooks, most anything found
along the seashore will be used
as a dye, resist or decoration for
one-of-a-kind fabric.
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to weave into their mini-tapes-
tries. You will learn the basic
techniques of weaving on a
small loom, and Shepherd will
incorporate themes of winter,
darkness and light as you learn
to create plain weave, rya knots,
and shapes with hand-dyed
yarn.
All supplies are provided.
Families are encouraged to par-
ticipate together. Participants can
sign up for one or both days of
this workshop. There is a sug-
gested donation of $15 to $20 for
adults and $10 for kids.
RSVP by emailing souwest-
erlodge@gmail.com or calling
360-642-2542. The Sou’Wester
Lodge is located at 3728 J Place.
The second day of the work-
shop includes weaving instruc-
tion from 10 a.m. to noon fol-
lowed by an open studio.
Workshop participants will
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SEAVIEW, Wash. —
The
Sou’Wester Lodge will host a
two-day Natural Dye & Weav-
ing Workshop this weekend lead
by instructor Brooke Shepherd
of Seawater Studio, a textile arts
studio based in Portland.
In observance of the win-
ter solstice, the workshop will
celebrate the cyclical and ev-
er-changing seasonal offerings
that nature provides in order to
produce naturally dyed fabric
and yarns.
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will be held from 11 a.m. to 3
p.m. Saturday, Dec. 19. After
a nature walk along the beach,
where attendees will gather ma-
terials for dye baths, participants
will prepare fabrics and yarns
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