... the roving that I dyed today. I was amazed that Jer let me do it - he absolutely despises the smell of wet warm wool, so much so that he's pretty much begged me to not do it while he's at home. Today, however, when I asked *super nicely* he amazingly ok'ed it. Thanks honey - you are awesome!
So, the dyeing details... did two 4 ounce lots. The first was an attempt to make the colors of sunrise - lots of reds, pinks, blue, grey. I'm not sure how this happened, but while the wet version of this looked like what I wanted, the dry version is a little more vivid, and includes many more colors (bright greens, for example). I look at it and think, how in the world did THIS happen? It looks like a drunken circus clown. It's not bad (and I'm interested in spinning it!) but nonetheless, an unexpected result in dyeing.
The second lot turned out exactly how I planned - a mix of white, blue, green, purples, and browns. The main two colors are the white, blue, and brown, while the others are accent colors. Very wintery!
Tomorrow when both are completely dry I will try to post some pictures. That is, if it's not crappy, rainy, and severely overcast like it was today. Meh!
Two new yarns to take pictures of and toss up on my
Etsy shop tomorrow as well
! Both are made of roving sold at
SakinaNeedles - this fabulous Etsyan who makes excellent colorways using Bluefaced Leicester. The end products are so soft that I am very tempted to keep them for myself!
