Category: dyeing
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Multi-pronged
There has been conversation on one of the internet groups I belong to about what it takes to be a professional in the leisure/hobby textile profession. An oxymoron, of sorts, but not really. Because there are many people who follow the profession of teaching or producing textiles to a greater or lesser extent. There…
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#Photofail
Seriously. I totally meant to take a bunch of pictures today and we got so caught up in making ‘not white’ that the thought of actually documenting the day completely fell out of my head. This photo is a bit dark – the colours are brighter than this, really, but I’m tired, I mean really…
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#Photofail
Seriously. I totally meant to take a bunch of pictures today and we got so caught up in making ‘not white’ that the thought of actually documenting the day completely fell out of my head. This photo is a bit dark – the colours are brighter than this, really, but I’m tired, I mean really…
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#Photofail
Seriously. I totally meant to take a bunch of pictures today and we got so caught up in making ‘not white’ that the thought of actually documenting the day completely fell out of my head. This photo is a bit dark – the colours are brighter than this, really, but I’m tired, I mean really…
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Decisions
I decided to stop dyeing yarn to re-sell – after I’d bought a bunch more yarn in order to dye. What with all the kafuffle with mom’s surgeries, it took a while to get the yarn skeined but I finally got it done over the weekend, soaked the yarn out and spent the better part…
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Pondering/Rambling Thoughts
One thing doing something like winding skeins allows for is the subconscious mind to pick away at things and one of the realizations I came to is that while I can dye yarn, I don’t actually want to any more. And so once these skeins are dyed I will be inventorying my dyes and will…
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Of Comfort Zones
shawl warp #4 on the loom #4 off the loom I’m down to the last 3 shawl warps done with the silk gimp hand dyed yarns. All three of the last warps are the same sort of blue/green as this one. The problem, if problem it be, is that I’m all out of ‘safe’ colour…
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More Dyeing
 Another dye day – looks like two more days ought to pretty much finish up the silk gimp. Today I did 5 more warps. Unfortunately after I had soaked the yarn out I counted the warps in the box and there were more than I’d expected so it may take a third day. Or…
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Not White
The colours of the red yarn are actually more intense than shown here. The red is more of a deep coral red. And I’ve made a little progress spooling the skeins off ready for warping. As I took this photo I realized that my dye palette of today is very similar to these yarns and…
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Next Challenge
So, the tea towels are cut and serged, I’ve figured out what needs to be done on the ‘test’ warp, the first load of skeins are soaking, alternate yarn for plying has been coned off onto smaller cones for ease of use…..the next challenge is to turn these yarns into a warp for shawls and…