I spent my day off on July 4th dyeing some fiber. I had lots of fun and I think most of it came out pretty well. I’m pretty color challenged, so it’s always a surprise to see how my dye jobs finish up.
 

 
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Color Dots, BFL - Woodsey Walk, […]

My newest handspun is called Lolly. This is corriedale roving dyed with Wilton icing dyes. Just a simple two ply yarn. 12 WPI, 272 yards.
 
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I have two FO’s today, the first of the new year!
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1 pound of superwash merino/viscous pencil roving all spun up. I have three skeins which total 835 yards. The yarn is 10 WPI, which is actually what I was aiming for. I hand painted this after […]

I purchased 3 pounds of washed Polypal fleece last October at the Taos Wool Festival. I’ve been slowly dyeing up lots of it in different colors and then blending batts on Spike (my Strauch Petite drum carder). Here’s my first offering - Tequila Sunrise. I named it this because it reminds me […]

I won an eBay auction last week for a photography lightbox and it just arrived today. So, of course I had to take a ton of pictures to try it out. I think it’s working just fine and it only cost $3.25 w/free shipping! You can’t beat that. The only thing is […]

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Here’s the progression of my three ply experiment. Not shown, but I took two lots of corriedale fiber and dyed one hot pink and one neon green with Jacquard Acid dyes. Then I added an equal amount of undyed fiber. Next, I ran the dyed […]