Firstly, thanks to my blog friends who have started reading my blog again!
Looking back over my blog is fun - you forget a lot of the little stuff. Here's some yarn porn from 2006 -
I didn't even remember that I was hand painting yarn back then. According to my blog, this was around the time I went to a Creative Fibre (spinners & weavers) retreat in Queenstown. Some of the Textile Emporium members were also there, although I didn't know them then. I was asked to go to the retreat to demonstrate dyeing in the microwave. I remember that some of the women were quite sceptical when I whipped the hot wool out and stuck it straight under a cold tap. They were sure that it would felt but of course, it doesn't - to felt, wool needs both heat and agitation.
Here's my more recent skeins. These are all single colours, with light, medium and dark variations. I currently have 1 kilo of wool that needs dyeing, and I hope to get that done today while it's fine and sunny.
Bright as can be in the earlier photo, and today delicate and muted, lovely shades. Up here it is warm, I see warm your way too. Are you still dying fabric? Great to read your words every day again.
ReplyDeleteYes, I still dye fat quarters for quilters. Nice to catch up.
ReplyDeleteYummy! Would be nice for a weaving project.
ReplyDeleteI need to find out about microwave dyeing for some mohair based wool I bought recently. Yours looks great. I like both looks, the strong and the subtle.
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