Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Perfect afternoon

A perfect afternoon yesterday gave way to a nasty morning today. It felt like a southwesterly wind was blowing, perfect for outside work. I had several dye pots going on the stove, I threw some silk scarves in the dye pot first, which left a lot of dye still to be absorbed. So I threw in some wool fleece, then a handful of handspun yarn that was on the table and not wet, still more dye, so I threw in some silk top. Many shades and fibers emerged that will make interesting roving for spinning or felting projects. But the fun part was enjoying the dye process. I never know what will come out of that dye pot, nothing is measured or repeated, even the same fleece from the same animal is different from shearing to shearing. Keeps life interesting.

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