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A map of textile artisans, producers, shops, museums, researchers... also a dye plants seed library, a group of dye gardeners, a wiki, a project on iNaturalist, lots of references on Zotero...
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Al llegar al Museo del Traje para participar en el grupo de trabajo de roseta canaria pensé en lo bien que quedaría un bordado en la torre del museo. ¿Cuál sería vuestra propuesta? Aquí os cuento la mía:
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97 years ago today, Steamboat Willie paddled onto the screen. In 2024, this iconic cartoon entered the public domain, opening new possibilities for sharing, remixing & reimagining.

Follow us for Public Domain Day 2026 announcements!

👀 Full cartoon ➡️ archive.org/details/stea...

#OTD #PublicDomain
November 18, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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The Internet Archive’s microfiche digitization #livestream gives you real-time preservation work plus mellow lo-fi vibes — the chillest way to watch history get saved.

Our second shift is live now (4 PM–Midnight PT).
📡 www.youtube.com/live/SxUjwZY...

#LiveNow #Preservation #LiveStream @Archive.org
lofi Archive radio 🎞️ beats to scan/read microfiche to
Off Hours? Watch a 2hr stream at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gibUecoF1bEEver wonder how government documents, locked away on tiny sheets of microfiche, b...
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November 18, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Al llegar al Museo del Traje para participar en el grupo de trabajo de roseta canaria pensé en lo bien que quedaría un bordado en la torre del museo. ¿Cuál sería vuestra propuesta? Aquí os cuento la mía:
thetextileorchard.substack.com/p/un-dechado...
November 16, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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From the Archive: Dyeing with Lichens – Traditions, Experiments and Books: 1740s to 1810s (2500 words). www.ikfoundation.org/itextilis/dy...
August 4, 2025 at 11:25 AM
A detail of the #madder I have at home. This year I'm planning to harvest the roots 🤞
In the meantime here are some flowers. They have five petals, but there are some with six!

#RubiaTinctorum
#TinctorialSeedLibrary
August 4, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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As more and more government information disappears, we're glad to see @archive.org (which has done so much already to preserve our online history) become an official Federal Depository Library!

www.engadget.com/general/inte...
Internet Archive is now an official US government document library
The US Senate has granted the Internet Archive federal depository status, making it officially part of an 1,100-library government network.
www.engadget.com
July 25, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Now dye fungi are in a split apart project from Tinctorial Collection on iNaturalist: www.inaturalist.org/projects/tin...

To see them together, you still can visit Tinctorial Umbrella, along with other dye plants projects: www.inaturalist.org/projects/tin...

@inaturalist.bsky.social
Tinctorial Dye Fungi
Dye Fungi are less known than dye plants, yet still amazing. This group is only for known dye fungi around the world. Take pictures, not lichens!
spain.inaturalist.org
July 24, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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Out today: The CRAFTED Report, exposing blind spots in fashion & homeware climate claims. The report launches the Artisans’ Index, the first research initiative to benchmark how 50 global brands disclose the environmental impact of artisan production.
leagueofartisans.org/crafted #artisans
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June 19, 2025 at 12:55 PM
And so I spent yesterday's morning, making a 'roseta', a type of lace from Canary Islands, at Museo del Traje for World Wide Knit in Public Day 2025.
June 15, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Este findesemana participo en este programa organizado por el CIEA El Retiro que relaciona medio ambiente e industria textil. Sólo dos días, con multitud de actividades interesantes, y algunas necesitan inscripción.

Cambiando el hilo. Tejiendo el cambio, 24—25 mayo
diario.madrid.es/cieaelretiro...
May 21, 2025 at 3:21 PM
#freakalert:
Is someone into phenology? This year I'm growing flax again in a pot, but also taking notes about their growing. I'm using this sheet in case you'd like to join, comment, discuss, etc:
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
#flax
April 27, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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internet archive should have a cute little mascot they can make into a plushie
April 11, 2025 at 6:02 AM
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NEW ESSAY: Bolsters and Pillows – Swedish Weaving Traditions and Historical Reproductions. www.ikfoundation.org/itextilis/bo...
March 24, 2025 at 7:02 AM
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If you're interested in knowing more about botanical fibres and dyes from Latin America, my Dictionary of Plant Fibre & Colour is free to download from @churchillfship.bsky.social website, documenting close to 100 plants. www.churchillfellowship.org/ideas-expert... #naturaldyes #sustainablefashion
March 18, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Would you like to try a group about #NaturalDyes, an open space to discuss and learn in common at MeWe? Then, join here: mewe.com/join/tinctor...
March 18, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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Workshop | Beginner Embroidery with Sarah Buckley from Cork Craft & Design

Join Cork Craft & Design member Sarah Buckley for a relaxing 2 hour workshop to start your creative stitch journey.
visualartists.ie/advert/works...
March 18, 2025 at 11:28 AM
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Really looking forward to my Spring Equinox natural dyeing workshop in Béal Feirste, which is now fully booked! 🎉
March 10, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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✨Early bird tickets!✨
ARCHIPELAGO FESTIVAL OF COLOUR
🗓️ 26 - 27 July 2025
📍Willow & Lore, Co. Antrim, North of Ireland
festivalofcolour.co
Archipelago Festival of Colour
An intimate festival dedicated entirely to natural dyes, pigments, and inks, honouring the Land that provides them.
festivalofcolour.co
January 24, 2025 at 4:14 AM
This is Muscari neglectum, according to botanists. Also called 'ajo de cigüeña' [stork garlic] at my village (in spanish).
This humble blueish flower has been traditionally used as a natural dye in some places in Italy to give colour to easter eggs, as Paolo Maria Guarrera reports. So I tried.
Blue easter eggs with common grape hyacinth (Muscari neglectum)
Once carnival is over, next big festivity in Europe is Easter. May you celebrate it or not, it's the time of some traditions still in use like making easter eggs. It's blue, I made this photo to see the colour contrast, 'm not faking it! Maybe your childhood is plenty or memories like that, but not mine, as in my culture, let's say, celebration was more about school holidays, visiting our grandparents at the village, or eating season sweets like…
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March 14, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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From @jdshadel.com JD Shadel's essay, "What Early Internet Era GIFs Show Us About Preserving Digital Culture," in the Vanishing Culture report: blog.archive.org/2025/02/05/v...
February 7, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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Harvesting and threshing urushi tree seeds 🌱
January 21, 2025 at 1:23 PM