I spent last week up on Orcas Island at “spinning camp” with Judith MacKenzie – my 4th time at this event (I missed 2009). This year’s theme was “Bringing Color into Your Spinning”. They were set up to do a lot of dyeing outdoors (always a bit iffy in February in NW Washington). Then it [...]
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Orcas spinning camp
Posted in dyeing, spinning on March 4, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Painterly Dyeing
Posted in dyeing on November 18, 2009 | 13 Comments »
I finally got around to trying out a dye method I ran across last year in the magazine put out by Ashford Handicrafts Ltd in New Zealand (makers of Ashford spinning wheels, Ashford dyes, etc). After randomly applying 2-3 colors of acid dyes to a long skein of wool using squeeze bottles, a roller is [...]
Completely batty
Posted in dyeing on September 24, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I have so many ideas in my head about things I want to try, and/or a queue of projects I am trying to get to, that it sometimes almost seems like a random choice as far as what to dive into next. However, I had so much fun dyeing those shawls a week ago – [...]
Fats Domino goes into the dyepot
Posted in dyeing, knitting on September 13, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I set up my Weck electric canner last week for the first time – in my case it is a Weck electric “dyepot”. This thing is wonderful. It is heavy gauge stainless steel, has temperature control and a drain spigot: The project at hand was to overdye a woven shawl and a handknit shawl. Both [...]
Dye Days in Preston
Posted in dyeing on July 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Last weekend I went over to the coast for a fiber dyeing workshop out in Preston. The goal was to create a notebook of dye samples using Judith MacKenzie McCuin’s dyes (“Mother MacKenzie’s Miracle Dyes”). These are professional quality acid dyes used to dye protein fibers – “acid” means they require a slightly acidic solution [...]
