Dyeing Is Not Alchemy! : A Beginner's Guide to Theory and Methods of Natural Dyeing

Heather McCloy lives in Arden, NC with her small horde of pets, textile equipment and not nearly enough boxes of fiber. In the free time she wishes she had more of, she enjoys reading, gardening, research, eating chocolate, collecting owls and spiders and hunting that ever-elusive phenomena called sleep. Spinning is her obsession, but she also enjoys crochet, knitting, weaving, kumihimo and anything else that involves playing with string. She probably was a cat in a former life. She is a proud member of several notoriously fun groups, including the Peachtree Handspinners Guild, House Corvus and the Geek Patrol. She is also the founder of the Companions of the Silver Spindle (the spinning guild of the Kingdom of Atlantia in the Society of Creative Anachronism), where she enjoys sharing her addiction with others under the name Siobhan nic DhuinnshleibheMcCloy, Heather is the author of 'Dyeing Is Not Alchemy! : A Beginner's Guide to Theory and Methods of Natural Dyeing', published 2003 under ISBN 9780974552903 and ISBN 0974552909.