well the dye-spin-knit it off with a grand stride. first yesterday afternoon we let the roving soak all day. then, yesterday evening my mom and i set up the whole shabang outside on the picnic table to experiment with lots of colors. we started off with 14 and added three more when we found more water bottles.
pretty in pink
the dying process was lots of fun. i went very colorful going a little wild with just squirting colors all over the roving, while my mom was a little more of the conservative side. overall we are both greatly pleased with the results.
then we wrapped them up like little sausages in cling wrap then popped into the microwave to seal in the colors.
then hung to dry.
then just for you hopelope, fluff, fluff, fluff.
now off to the wheel to spin, spin, spin my little heart out. i think i'm going to do all of mine (which are the fluffed top ones) thin and only double ply so it's about lace weight, maybe a little thicker. i know how to do thick and chunky. now i want to do thin and even.
3 comments:
Great pictures! Like I told your DM, you guys look like you are having waaaaaaaaaaaaaay too much fun and I wish I was there having fun with you.
Lucky you two. Enjoy sharing a great interest.
sweet, nice blog. Cool to see some hand dying happening, and your mittens are beautiful!
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