Dye day!
I'm a bad blogger. Libby, k8 and Paula have all blogged about Saturday's dye fest before me.I do have an excuse. I've been working pretty much nonstop since then. Trials and tribulations of a new job.
First, I'm pretty sure that when spinning, the flyer is not supposed to look like this:
Luckily, I desnagged and plied that sucker to make my first skein of handspun, which I think is about 250 yards of chunkyweight. Then I made a skein of maybe 60 yards of merino worsted-ish weight. Then I ran out to Maryland to partake in dye day.
This makes me happy. Look at all of that yarn drying in the sun. That yarn was once right.
K8 & Paula were trying to get some self patterning yarn, so they ended up having to rewind a hank.
That would be a 20 foot hank. Yes, really.
So, to dye, I dropped some easter egg dye in a bowl and plopped the 1000 yards of laceweight wool I blogged about here in the bowl. Then... what's in the oven?
It would, in fact, be my yarn. The secret to microwave dyeing is about a minute and thirty seconds in the oven, let stand for two minutes. Lather, rinse and repeat until dye is absorbed or until you scream 'I just can't take it anymore!' after an hour and a half.
Guess which way I went? I also tried my first attempt at handpainting yarn, which is simpler than it might seam. Here's what it looks like drying... not that exciting.
But, it looks much better when wound into another hank. Check out everything I made...
That's the laceweight, my first two handspun attempts (which will be going t the winner of the Name That Wheel! contest) and about 900 yards of fisherman's wool which will probably become a Clapotis. Oh, and my brand new niddy noddy, courtesy of k8's hubby. I have a niddy noddy! I'm a real spinner now!
k8's dog Cassie approves!
But Fred wants you to know he's still the cutest dog.
Here's some of woolarina's bounty.
Oh, if I had such a stash! Check out their website and you can make some of it yours!
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