Brenda Bo+he's world
(Continued trom Page C 26)
Sporting rubber boots, with a
bucket crooked in her arm, she has
gathered golden rod, walnut hulls,
coreopsis, and other wild flowers
and weeds for making natural
dyes Her trial and error ex
periments have filled a wicker
basket with wool yam samples,
showing how one flower or nut can
produce various colors depending
on when it was picked and how it
was prepared
Her skills in shearing sheep and
sheep management, she said, were
learned by attending Penn State
woikshops at the Berks County
Agricultural Center.
“Steve and I work-hard to keep
the fleeces clean because we sell to
nandspmners. We’ve built special
feeders so the hay doesn’t fall on
their necks as they eat
“When I’m shearing, I strive for
no second cuts. And, 1 make sure
the sheep are clean when they’re
shorn, taking time to pull off the
manure
“Otherwise it’s basic sheep
management, flushing the ewes
before we breed them and rotating
our pastures for parasite control. ”
As part of her busy craft career,
Brenda represents eastern Penn-
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Brenda’s latest effort in ‘growing’ her own silk, called mawata (she's holding some), and
natural fibers has been raising 100 silk worms, will spin it into yarn for all-silk garment, like
She will be processing the cocoons into rough the sweater she made, shown here.
sylvama in the Natural Colored
Wool Growers Association, an
organization formed about eight
years ago in the western states.
She also is a 2-year jury member of
the Pennsylvania Guild ot Craft
smen, which signifies her work has
met the group’s rigid standards of
quality and workmanship.
Taking her natural fiber hats,
sweaters, and coats to craft fairs
throughout the state is one way
Brenda markets her wares. She
also does special orders for people
asking for a certain color or style
garment.
So the spinning wheel goes round
in Brenda’s world The ‘shuttle’ on
her modem loom zings across the
wires as it knits a sweater from
homespun wool, mohair or silk.
Making clothing from natural
fibers, with colors warmed from
State
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natures plants Brenda Bothe cra ft alive in Berks County with
keeps this ancient art and pioneer the help of partner Steve Day.
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