Previous posts in this series:Part 1: DOS TestingPart 2: Carded Approximations of Dye FormulasPart 3: Dye FormulasAddendum: Knitted samples Welcome back to my personal record of the dyeing adventure I started back in January! I’ve now recorded a look at my learning process on the Wool Circle, which included a high-flying look at the 53 … More Dye School Part 4: Monochrome Colourways
Previous posts in this series: Part 1: DOS TestingPart 2: Carded Approximations of Dye Formulas What follows is my record of the initial results of my 48 dye formulas, as first mixed. Notes as you read this list: Yellow The yellows – particularly the dull and dark yellows – were some of the most difficult … More Dye School Part 3: Dye Formulas
Today the men arrived at the Champs-Élysées, and the women took off for their first stage. Jared and I are taking a few days of our vacation to get away, just the two of us, so I wrapped up my men’s Tour spinning last night. There’s still another week of biking, and I’m feeling kind … More I Claim My Yellow
Part 1: DOS Testing In dyeing samples, 1g is about as small as I could go and still have enough fiber to meaningfully measure quantities. (Professional dyers make larger dye samples.) On the flip side, if your goal in sampling is to make binder pages with small tufts of fiber, 1g is kind of a … More Dye School Part 2: Dye Recipe Approximations with Carding
When Rachel and I started looking seriously at using Color in Spinning by Deb Menz as a guide and inspiration for our Year of Colour, I became obsessed with chapters 2 and 3. Chapter 2 is all about the basics of dyeing, and chapter 3 is all about handpainting tops (she calls them rovings) and … More Dye School Part 1: DOS Testing
If you don’t know, there’s an annual event for handspinners called the “Tour de Fleece.” It was hatched as an excuse to do a lot of spinning while watching the Tour de France on TV, and it snowballed over the years into a massive online event, spanning the six weeks of both the men’s and … More TDF 2023: Pivot at the Starting Line
June was all about spending as much time as possible out on this beautiful land. Jared was traveling the first half of the month. This might be the longest he’s been away from all of us. The female contingent of our family did pretty well while he was gone, and a big part of our … More June 2023 Round-Up: This Land Tho
Yesterday I showed you a handspun cloth I made from an ombre that is about as cool as a blue can be. Today I’ll show you my just-finished spin that is an ombre of another blue that is about as warm as a blue can be. This spin started on my first trip to Vancouver, … More A Warm Blue Ombre
I finished two things this month, both involving ombres and the colour blue. First, the cloth. This started as a gift from my mom. For my birthday one year, she put together a “club” of unique spinning experiences for me to open throughout the year. One of them was a Loop batt, which was sort … More A Cool Blue Ombre
This month, Instagram has offered a sort of order to my life that has really helped. Yeah, it’s a little neurotic, a little fictional in the relationship department. But I think, for this season, it has helped. Me Made May Me made may is an Instagram hashtag, a chance for makers to practice wearing the … More May 2023 Round-Up: Me-Made
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