Fibre Art and DIY Projects

Join us for our fourth annual CWM Natural Dye Club, available now online! Offered in collaboration with fibre artist Megan Samms, the club is an opportunity for folks to reconnect with the skills and tradition...

We are proud and excited to be offering the CWM Natural Dye Club 2019 subscription - our third annual dye club. Offered in collaboration with fibre artist, Megan Samms, The CWM Natural Dye Club is...

On Remembrance Day 2016 we pledged to give a free sock darning lesson to anyone who came to the mill this winter with a holey pair of wool socks. So far, no one has taken...

In this blog series we are using the R's of Sustainability - rethink, refuse, reduce, reuse, repair, recycle, and rot - to help us examine wool as a sustainable textile choice. In parts 1 and...

If you are like any of us here at the mill, then you always have your knitting with you. During the summer, that means a little bit of yarn stashed in your backpack and long...

If you haven't been to the mill lately, then you've been missing out on our Do-si-do Yarns; limited edition colourways carded into the softest merino and rambouillet 100% wool Lopi Soft Spun and Mule Spinner...

It seems that we have been remiss for talking about "prepared skeins" for dyeing and not mentioning how you get those. Preparing skeins for dyeing is very simple; all you need is some cotton string...

The rich yellows, browns, and greens of harvest season in Alberta mark the arrival of fall; warm days, cold nights, and busy fields full of farmers hard at work. It's also the time of year when...

While we advocate wearing wool all year round, some of you probably put your heavy woolens away for the summer and that has us thinking Natural Clothing Moth Prevention. There is nothing more disappointing than pulling...

It has been a few years since we last had the opportunity to do any natural dyeing and, man, are we excited to get back to it! Natural dyeing is the ancient process of using...