The class was held at Gospel Flat Farm, a lovely setting, it seemed like we were in a different world, after traveling the 15 miles of winding roads, with what seemed like endless curves, and quite a few bicyclists to maneuver around. If you have a chance to visit, you should stop in, at the honor farm stand, which had a really nice selection of fruits and veggies, and an art installation too.
Sasha had the dye pots already bubbling by the time we arrived at 10 am. There were shades of blue from the cabbage, and yellows and greens. She gave us a little lesson about mordants (we used alum) and how to go about dying the napkin that we would later use for our lunch ( awesome !)
Kelise kept us well fed, from the morning snack of bread, jam and honey, the afternoon snack of farm fresh hard boiled eggs with fava bean tendrils and lunch of a delicious kale -bean soup, salad, cabbage salad and bellweather farm cheese with artichoke, ending with lemon curd cookies all very delicious and mostly from the farm. Another highlight was when Kelsie led us in a tasting of 18 different citrus. She really knows her citrus.
We each dyed napkin and a table/runner scarf made from silk. We came home with a packet of information that included recipes for some of the food we ate, and some recipes for making plant dyes at home. I can't wait to try this on my own. Plus I just bought Sasha's book from Amazon.
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