After the process of dyeing, spinning and plying a selection of fiber, knitting with it is the absolute icing on the cake for me. This lovely lace shawl started life as a 4 oz length of natural BFL and silk roving that Carli dyed for me in her kitchen! I described my goals for the spin last year about this time in my Tour is On post, and showed …read more
I took out a skein of my handspun this week and wound it up into a ball. It was my first true three-ply - A merino dyed by Wonderland Dyeworks in several shades of blue that had been given to me last Christmas by my son and daughter in law. It had taken me about three weeks to create it. I’d filled my spindle, wound it off, then filled it twice again …read more
Blue Castle Fiber Arts sent us one of their trial size natural dye kits for review that I couldn’t wait to get my hands on. Something about dying with a natural dye instead of using synthetic chemicals makes me feel sort of warm and fuzzy inside. Their natural plant dyes come from India and are created using a fermentation process …read more
