Books and other publications
Jamieson B Hurry (1930). The woad plant and its dye. Oxford Univ. Press.
JN Liles (1990). The Art and Craft of Natural Dyeing: Traditional Recipes for Modern Use. Univ of Tennessee Press.
Jenny Balfour-Paul (2006). Indigo. Archetype Publications. http://www.archetype.co.uk/
Christina Krupp/Marieke van der Dal (2005). From Woad to Blue. The Complete Anachronist #129. SCA web site http://www.sca.org/ca/index.html
John Edmonds (1998). The History of Woad and the medieval Woad vat. John Edmonds Publisher. ISBN: 0953413306 (supplier - Fibrecrafts).
Nancy Foy Cameron (1998). Woad - its history, how to grow it, how it works, how to get colour out of it. Atholl Browse Publications (supplier - Fibrecrafts).
Jill Goodwin (2003). A Dyer's Manual - 2nd Edition. Ashmans Publications. http://www.adyersmanual.co.uk/
Jenny Dean (1999). Wild Colour: How to grow, prepare and use natural plant dyes. Mitchell Beazley, London. An excellent book on natural dyes, full of photos of the plants and several colour charts. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Wild-Colour-prepare-natural-plant/dp/1840000848/
Elizabeth Wayland Barber (1995). “Women's Work: The First 20, 000 Years - Women, Cloth and Society in Early Times”. W W Norton - fascinating book on the early history of textiles. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Womens-Work-First-Years-Society/dp/0393035069/
Manda Scott, the Boudica series and courses on Dreaming http://www.mandascott.co.uk/books.htm
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