Marsha Borden is interested in material culture, handwork methods, and makers of the late 19th century. She enjoys researching and writing about unusual needlework techniques throughout history, like human hair work and beetle wing embroidery. When she’s not knitting, crocheting, or embroidering, Marsha enjoys spending time raising her backyard chickens and cultivating living color from her backyard dye garden.
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