Sunday, May 6, 2007

Dyed in the wool




Yesterday I got to play hooky from the open air market and went to a dyeing workshop with our local fibre arts group. What a great day !
We used Ciba dyes.

Here is some of the yarn we used in the dyepot. We turned the centre pull balls over and used a different colour for a variegated effect.





Here is the yarn I brought home.

The colours are all really bright and lovely. My favourite, though, is the darker one here. I couldn't make those colours again I don't think. We dropped the dyes onto the skeins of yarn in the dyepot which gave a more diffuse effect because it cooked on the stove top and the colours mixed together.


I'm looking forward to making something with the pretty yarns I brought home.


At the moment I am making a little basket for my Mum with this skein of hand spun (Cashew, our Babydoll/Romney cross), dyed with food colouring as a batt then spun up to get more heathery shades. Hopefully, I will post a pic in the near future when it's finished !

Incidentally, this is the definition I found, when I looked up this well known phrase.
"dyed-in-the-wool"
adj : dyed before being spun or woven into cloth.
Well, I guess that makes sense !

1 comment:

Katrina Craig said...

Hey there :-) The cloors are beautiful! Looks like lots of fun. It will be interesting to see them kitted up.