Upcycled Woolen Blanket Wrap/Scarf ~ Onion & Rust dyed
Handcrafted from and upcycled, retro, 100% wool blanket. Reloved into a gorgeous and versatile wrap / scarf / poncho.
Wear it tight around your neck like a scarf, or loosely as a wrap, hand over your shoulders like a poncho, you choose. Would look great with a brooch.
Naturally dyed with Eucalyptus leaves, onion skins & rust. Many tones in this piece especially khaki green and various shades of grey green created from the combination of onion skins & rust. Lots of black too, and earthy browns. 100% natural color (this was a cream & pink colored wool blanket).
This is a one of a kind piece of wearable art.
Freesize.
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The garment will take on a life of it’s own as it naturally ages, just like us, adding to it’s own uniqueness and individuality (just like you).
Created from natural fibres, at the end of it’s life this garment can be added to your compost heap to naturally decompose & feed the soil (very unlike synthetic clothing filled with chemicals).
Botanical Printing / Natural dyeing / Ecoprinting is a slow process where fabric is dyed and printed using the natural tannins, color & prints of botanicals (plants, leaves, roots, bark, flowers, lichens etc). Much like our ancestors did for generations, clothing can be colored using nature’s abundance without the use of synthetic, toxic & dangerous chemicals. The colors are truely natural (found in my garden or foraged around my neighborhood, not out of packets), depicting the colors of my local surroundings & the ever changing seasons.