Random thoughts of a fiber enthusiast – mostly fiber related, sometimes coherent.
Wednesday * February 8th 2012
Apr29
This is where I spent my long weekend. 2.5 glorious days of playing with wool with Deb Menz. This all started at SOAR last fall. I had the 3 hour Plying for Color workshop with Deb and 3 hours just barely scratched the surface. I would have just left it at that. Wishful thinking for [...]
Apr22
You might have guessed from the previous 2 posts that I had been thinking about whether I want to dye the spun yarn before knitting or leaving it natural. The natural is pretty, but I’m not one to let an opportunity to play with natural colors pass. Part of the scarf competition rule is that [...]
Apr19
I have finally finished spinning and plying the moorit merino. Next, a soak in alum and then the dye bath. Now, on to the homework spinning for Deb Menz class next weekend.
Apr16
As I looked out my kitchen window, I see the suckers from the hazelnut tree popping out everywhere. Hmm. I wonder what color it produces? A quick search online comes up with nothing. Wait, there’s a small reference to hazelnuts used to produce a red dye in Turkish weavings. There’s not a lot of detail, [...]
Apr15
Remember this? It came from this… Which came from this… And look what’s across the street… You think they’ll notice the missing blooms when they wake up some morning?