The Spinning Guy

In this blog, I'm going to talk about alpacas, fiber, spinning, and I'm going to generally try very hard to keep my readers posted about what's on my skirting board, what's on my spinning wheel, and what I'm knitting or crocheting.

Wednesday, April 06, 2005

Four More Pots of Dye

I've managed to use up all six dye tablets in the first egg dye kit. In addition to the blue and green described previously, I've got interesting fiber dyed a golden yellow, a rich orange, an almost red, and what can only be described as a wimpy chartreuse. I'm anxious to spin this fiber, but first I have to wash it and card it. I could spin it unwashed, except I want to know how much of the dye will wash out before I incorporate the whole thing into yarn.

Unfortunately, it's supposed to rain this weekend, meaning I probably won't get a chance to card until next weekend.

Stay tuned. Someday I will figure out how to have enough time for a job, alpacas, fiber, and a blog.

1 Comments:

Anonymous jen said...

Nice blog, I'm learning a lot about Alpaca. Can you tell me about how much fiber per dye pellet you use? I snagged a few post-Easter egg dye kits myself; want to play around w/them but not exactly sure how much fiber each bath can take.

April 07, 2005 10:59 PM  

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