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My findings very unexpectedly linked two other famous purple dyes: Imperial or Tyrian Purple, and Perkin’s Mauve.

If you follow my blog you’ll know I became particularly intrigued by the dye trade in lichen, historically used for making a purple dye called orchil. My talk Pursuing Purple: Shellfish, Lichen and Mauve will follow some of the dye trails I discovered when researching a nineteenth century industrial archive. Both Laura and Liz are passionate about yarn craft and the benefits to mental health that craft work can bring. The Loom Shed has been set up by Louise Cottey, weaver and tutor, and Liz Croft, crochet specialist, weaver and tutor.

But weaving isn’t all that’s planned at this new and imaginative venue. What is The Loom Shed? Well, it’s a shed and it has looms in it. Left: Perkin’s mauve centre, Tyrian purple threads and murex shells right orchil lichen, orchil-dyed silk and woolĪt the end of the month I’ll be taking part in an online symposium run by The Loom Shed.