This week Group B worked on a wattle and daub panel for one of the long sides of the house. It took about an hour to gather and strip the materials to build it, and since we were in an area with somewhat slim pickings for willow, we ended up with a few ash saplings…

Group F worked with Group C to dye with woad seeds. While this was nominally supposed to turn out a blue gray, it ended up as a pale green. The wool was treated with aluminum sulfate as a mordant. The dye ratio was 1:2, since woad is a stronger dye than some. The skein we…