Feature
| INSIDE STUDIO
Amanda sits in the
sunshine, crocheting.
manda is the queen of the Natural of all Amanda’s wool is the UK, and the mohair that
A
Dye Studio, a family-run company she dyes is also UK grown.
located in sunny Suffolk. Their The Natural Dye Studio uses mordants and dyes
ethos is to provide the best quality that are also sourced form within the UK, and they
luxury yarn as possible, as environmentally use sustainable plant materials to dye their yarns the
friendly and ethically as possible. Amanda gorgeous range of colours that you’ll see on their
spends her days dyeing yarn, shipping orders website or at their stand at one of the many shows
and designing her amazing crochet patterns. they attend throughout the year. Amanda and the rest
The blanket on page 68 is just one of her many of the staff at the Natural Dye Studio all live within
beautiful designs, and if you bought the first 2.5 miles of the farm, and they support their local
issue of Inside Crochet, you’ll remember her
mobius scarf that was on the cover, one of our
all-time favourite designs.
Moors Farm is home to the Natural Dye Studio,
“
Amanda is adamant that
originally bought by the government and farmed by one of the most important
the local prison – just before it closed down 11 years
parts of her business
ago, the prison used the studio to farm pigs. The
showroom and offi ce is the old Victorian stable block
ethos is supporting her
from the original farm, while the dyeroom and store
local environment.
room used to be farrowing units. The heating is non-
existent, apart from a halogen heater and oil-fi lled
radiator that keeps the offi ce warm on the days when village by sending all their post through the local
”
the east wind blows across the North Sea. Post Offi ce. Amanda is adamant that one of the most
Amanda and her team (who all live within a important parts of her business ethos is supporting
small radius of the studio) are passionate about the her local environment – she even sponsers a
environment and make sure that as much of the Hebridean sheep called Bracken who belongs to the
waste from the dye studio is recycled, and all of their Suffolk Wildlife Trust and is kept for grazing the
yarns are sourced through British Suppliers. They local heaths and forestry land!
are licensed by the British Wool Marketing Board to Turn over the page for more of a peek inside
carry their woolmark, which certifi es that the origin Amanda’s studio… »
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