Let’s start woading !

Coucou Woadlings ! This is the first instalment of the Woaded serie of mini woad courses. Did you know Woad was used as a verb in the 18th century ? Let’s bring it back!

In her book “Woad to This” Carolyn Griffiths takes us through the transcription of recipes dating back from the 18th century around the story of the trade of the woad pigment, the cloth and the wool in the city of Frome, UK. We discover that it was used in recipes and referenced as a verb and henceforth used for “woaded wool”, or even “Woadmen”.

Of course, there will be other topics we will cover besides Woad. But I will weave Woad throughout the upcoming indigo crash courses, to bring some seasonal woaded prompts around it. So let’s start

Wow Woad !