Remember this skein, from the wool dyeing tutorial? It's pretty bright, with the lime green, mid-green, turquoise and gold combination. I think I called it rather garish at the time. 
Now here it is, in combination with another hand-dyed skein in blues, rapidly becoming a sock. Looks different now, doesn't it? This is so much fun to knit that I may even get to finish BOTH socks this time! 
Cressy (above) and Frodo (below)
Yes, the poodles have finally been clipped. It's been over a year since their last professional clip, so their coats were pretty knotted, hence the close crop. BTW, they don't normally wear bows in their hair.
And there's my rather out-of-focus stall.
Otago 1 (above) is made in vibrant hand-dyes, and represents the past of the region. The appliqued shapes are all black, and show extinct or legendary creatures. 
Otago 2 is in more muted painted fabrics, and the appliques are native birds and animals which are found in this, my adopted region. The pieces will be hung side-by-side.
At the southern latitude where I now live, the sun sets late in summer. Regrettably, it rises late in winter to compensate. Although it's still only spring, this sunset photo was taken at 9pm.
I love the stilt walkers. This year, they had helpers.
The Pearly King and Queen. They told me they had featured in the tv show "Eastenders".
The local community constable, who had entered the Beard and Moustache Growing Contest. I think he won. Yes, his moustaches DO go all the way out past his shoulders.
Street performers - these women were really funny, plus very strong and agile.
My Tillia Dyes stall. Kathryn (centre) was ably assisting me again.
Penny farthing riders displaying their ability.
That's Alf's Imperial Army coming in the rear of the first photo. They are not a serious group, and often skip and jump and march backwards.
This is one of the prettier traction engines. The back wheels are about 6 feet (2 metres) high.
Ok, here's the full length view. I'm not sure why the Victorians decided to emphasise women's bottoms with bustles and so on; for heaven's sake, my butt is big enough already. There is a whole Victorian wardrobe here, where I hired this outfit, but I've decided to join the Victorian Sewing Circle and make my own for next year. And a corset!!! I have some patterns, but these outfits are not the sort of thing you can whip up in a weekend. For example, I was going to make myself a can-can skirt (hey, not ALL the Victorians were prim and proper!). I cut the pattern out, and the ruffle piece said "Cut 47". 47 pieces of ruffle! No wonder the pattern takes about 11 yards of fabric. For each layer. I gave up at that point.
More later this week.
There should be no dye bleeding out, it'll all be absorbed into the wool. Squeeze the excess water out gently, then place it on your chair to photograph so your butt will get wet when you sit down next. 
At this point, you may be thinking it looks pretty wild and garish, and why did you put those colours together? Rest assured that when it dries and you reskein it, it'll look much better. 
Her are the other 2 skeins I did. 
They're all hanging up to dry (on a towel on the back of a chair, if you have to know), so I'll post a photograph of how they look when they're all dry and beautiful.
Lay out a piece of plastic wrap on your plastic. One piece is enough for a skein of this size. Start apllying dye. You can apply the colours randomly, or in order. 
Here's the skein with 2 greens, turquoise and gold. Later skeins are painted differently. Turn the skein over as well to make sure the dye penetrates underneath. 
When completed, roll up the plastic wrap from side to side, and then end to end. don't strangle your skein though! It doesn't have to be airtight.
Soak the skeins in warm water with a wee bit of detergent added, just enough to wet them. This helps the dye to penetrate. You can handpaint the wool dry, but it's a lot more work.
Get your equipment ready. I use disposable plastic cups to mix the dye in, and I paint with foam brushes. 
