Showing posts with label roving. Show all posts
Showing posts with label roving. Show all posts

Monday, August 12, 2013

Is it cotton candy?

This looks good enough to eat!

But it would taste terrible. Finished 310 yards of 2-ply handspun Romney. More to come.
15 Hexapuffs made in New Harbor.

Tuesday, August 11, 2009

I JUST DYED!!!


OH, boy, am I excited! I just finished my first attempt at hand-painting some white merino roving, and...it WORKED! I used Kool-Aid (black cherry, orange, and lemonade). All I needed, besides the roving and the chemical punch mix, were vinegar, water, measuring cups, and turkey basters. Right now it's cooling - can't open up the plastic wrap until the steam dissipates, but, from what I can see, the colors are vibrant and fairly well distributed. There's undyed white left, too, which is what I wanted. Lessons learned? In the future (and there will be more attempts!), I will flip the roving over so that I am sure that the dye reaches the underside. Woo-hoo! I can't WAIT to spin this up!