In my fiber-dyeing escapades yesterday, I did two batches of white merino roving that crescentwench had given me a while back, and one skein of sock yarn (Patons Kroy Sock) that I had lying around. I wanted to get something like this-- soft and muted, but rich and fully saturated. I had all the same colors of Wilton's cake coloring (mostly-- I had a different ( Read more... )

I've been going great guns on the spinning wheel in the last two weeks. It's crazy how much I can churn out in a short time. I've been learning about ratios and tensions and different drafting techniques, but mostly I've just been enjoying the tactile experience of it ( Read more... )