Woad orders: Date Change: We will be on Holiday from 27 May to 05 June. Any orders received after midday on Thur 26 May, will be sent out in June.
Learn more about the Woad plant (Isatis tinctoria), a famous natural dye and source of natural indigo dye, used for several thousand years (see woad history) in Europe and the Middle East. Woad dye extraction produces natural indigo dye from the dark blue-green, spinach-like woad leaves. Buy woad pigment here.
Customer comments
“'I have been experimenting with spinning my own needlepoint wool and dyeing it with natural dyes. So far, I am having the time of my life and the wool is actually turning out well. The dyed wool is fun to use in my needlepoint projects.” Nancy from the United States.
“Just to let you know that the woad has arrived – many thanks for such a super service!” Nicole from www.madamelestrange.com
“I received woad today. Thank you!” Lyubov from Kazakhstan.
“Delighted with the woad! Just dyed a huge sheet of linen and it looks amazing, thank you.” Angie Stevens, Swansea
'I just wanted to thank you for this wonderful website. I’ve already harvested the leaves twice and am just filtering the second charge. So far, the yield is about 12-14g per two square meters.' Alex Wuerkner from Germany
2022
Holiday news:-
09 May
We are on holiday from 27 May to 05 June. Orders received after midday Thur 26 May, will be sent out in June.
2021
Covid news:-
05 Jan
England is in Lockdown from 05 Jan for an extended period. We continue to trade but orders will take longer to pack, ship & arrive!
2020
12 Oct
Shipping: We regret to report that UK 1st class post is often very slow at the moment and some is taking 2 weeks or more! This appears to be especially a problem in London. Some Airmail is also taking a long time and may take 5 to 8 weeks to the US and 3 to 5 weeks or more in Europe.
01 Oct
Covid19: We are in the studio & shipping orders only 2 days a week at the moment, usually Monday & Thursday.
Product news:-
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03 Jun
Woad Dye and Seeds are now available
03 Jun
We are re-opening the Woad catalogs (but part-time)
23 Mar
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Teresinha at Woad.org.uk
Studio 319, Scott House, The Custard Factory
Gibb St, Birmingham B9 4DT, UK
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email: info@woad.org.uk
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Last updated on 13 May 2022
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