Wool dyed with Red Wine & Instant Coffee
Early tries knitted up
Purple Wool Dyed - see the following pics to see it spun
Purple Wool carded and spun with Silk Flecks
Purple spun Thick & Thin
Another shot of Purple Thick & Thin
Heathered Green - Looked crappy until I spun it.
Coarse Alpaca - Felt like spinning human hair!
Blended Natural Wool & Purple Roving
Cotton & Silk Flecks
Blackberry Dyed Wool
My Fave! Merino/Alpaca/Silk blend I got from Winderwood Farm eBay Store . I loved the colors and it feels absolutely amazing. I could roll in it all day.
With Camera Flash
Closeup (Work for the camera, baby!)
Sorry, not feeling too wordy anymore, heh!
Lystessa
4 comments:
now you have to teach me to spin ;)
Your blackberry dyed wool is so purple! What mordant did you use? When I tried it, with alum and a lot of slow boiling, all I could get was a light grayish-lavender.
OOOH! YUM! Especially the colors in the last yarn are so beautiful!
Now the red wine/coffee dye is very intriguing- how much did you use for such a wonderful saturated color? I've been thinking about doing a skein of sock yarn with different dyes I can find in my cabinet... we still have some marinated beet roots in the refrigerator as well:-)
Ummm, I just used vinegar for the blackberry (since it's wool it soaked it up) and it really is a nice dusty pink color in real life. Not very purple.
I thought the coffee/red wine color really ended up kind of... teak colored. Not really near as dark as I'd wanted. Red wine makes a pinker color in cotton, but in my wool it just came out a dull brown. I don't think it really was any different than just using the coffee. And I'm not very good at this so I'm not very exact, and I kinda used a lot of red wine and coffee. "Hmm, doesn't look dark enough. More, more!"
I'm really glad you learned to spin, Greylin! Although I don't think I gave much of a lesson...I'm glad you found some benefit.
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