Hi All!
How has everyone been doing? I have been great. Yesterday I went on a dyeing spree. I don't think I have ever dyed so much in such a short amount of time all by my self.
I dyed 7 ounces of natural silk & superfine merino, 2 4oz silk sliver, 6 oz carded mohair, 4 oz superfine merino & yak, 2 4 oz baby llama, 2 4oz of baby alpaca, 3 3 oz of corriedale, 4 oz of superfine merino and mulberry silk, 2 silk hankies. and 18 skeins of yarn ranging from 100 to 420 yards. If my camera were working I would take a picture.
How has everyone been doing? I have been great. Yesterday I went on a dyeing spree. I don't think I have ever dyed so much in such a short amount of time all by my self.
I dyed 7 ounces of natural silk & superfine merino, 2 4oz silk sliver, 6 oz carded mohair, 4 oz superfine merino & yak, 2 4 oz baby llama, 2 4oz of baby alpaca, 3 3 oz of corriedale, 4 oz of superfine merino and mulberry silk, 2 silk hankies. and 18 skeins of yarn ranging from 100 to 420 yards. If my camera were working I would take a picture.
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Re: Dyeing up a Storm!
Wed, November 28, 2007 - 12:27 PMSounds great!
I have a small dying job on the go. (Was supposed to have been finished, but I'm running behind schedule. The plan for Sunday performance readiness was: Monday after work - finish costume pieces; Tue, Wed, Thu after work - class/practice; Fri after work and Saturday - panic. I missed Monday's deadline... but I'm not panicked yet. I may not have time for that now!) I've dyed a test strip of Paj silk for a veil, and I'm happy with the colours. Now all I need to do is hem the full-size piece and dye it to match the test strip... One reason I haven't done it (silly, i know) is that my local silk supplier has a sale on, and I was planning to go back and get more grey goods to dye in the same run. An accent skirt to match the veil would be great, and a couple of skeins of yarn that I could make up later...
Hmmm... think I'll have to do the veil tonight, even though I won't have been able to get to the shop during hteir opening hours (conflicts with my work hours at the moment). -
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Re: Dyeing up a Storm!
Thu, November 29, 2007 - 1:43 AMI'm dyeing today...some cotton for an order. Greens, I think. Only problem is that I end up making other colours, too...and then end up with lots of different things to rinse...sigh. Might do some silk, too, just for fun...
marion
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