April 16, 2003
April 16, 2003
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I can imagine Mother Nature with this rather maniacal laugh "Ha, they liked 85 degrees, let's throw them for a loop!" We are struggling to stay in the 40's, in fact the high of 49 was in the early hours of the morning. But when I look out my window it still looks like spring. And we could have the ice storms that people to the west and north of us are getting.
I'm dyeing some of my natural Bartlett yarn for another blanket. I know it seems repetitive, but I've been really into my spinning lately, and I can't think of anything else to do (that doesn't require leaving my house to search out more materials). This will be quick and it has the added bonus of getting tons of worsted weight wool out of the stash bins. I threw a small sample of the different colors I had on hand into the dye pot and was pleasantly surprise by how it turned out. Being a beginner dyer I had heard about overdyeing yarn but didn't realize how I could use it.
On the left are four of the colors used in previous blankets. I threw a sample in to a pot with Cushings' Egyptian Red - those are the four on the right (in the same order). This could be a really easy way to use a bunch of leftover yarn. Yes, I know, everyone else knew this already, but it's fun for an old dog like me to learn new tricks.
Posted by Charleen at April 16, 2003 09:30 PM