Reviving a Dyeing Craft

The people of rural Southern Appalachia have a saying: “Use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without”. You could call them the ultimate reuse, restore, recyclers. The immigrants who homesteaded the high ridges of the Appalachian range had to be resourceful — they often arrived with nothing more than an axe, a gun, and an auger. Many were the indentured servants of the Irish guild systems, and after seven years labor they earned their passage…