Comments | fragmentsofnim: Blackberries

fragmentsofnim

Blackberries

Jul 21, 2008 17:51

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mrq_laurellen July 22 2008, 01:42:41 UTC

Holy crap, I do love the one on the left. It is quite rusty and loverly.

fragmentsofnim July 22 2008, 05:01:33 UTC

Live and in person it's more pinkish than rusty. I must take a better picture tommorrow, in different light:)

not_justagirl July 22 2008, 02:04:02 UTC

soooooo want to come play at your house!!!! OMG all your dye posts are making me drool! I have to not get distracted since the summer is slowly slipping away and I have a few way less fun projects that need to be done... *sighs*

fragmentsofnim July 22 2008, 05:03:54 UTC

My Evil Plan (tm) is to get you and Dale to come stay the weekend one day in the future, so we can dye lots of stuff.

not_justagirl July 22 2008, 20:09:00 UTC

*giggles* I am a fan of your Evil Plan (tm)!!!! We'll have to chat about what I can bring down with me to contribute to the pot... I do have a mulberry tree outside my apartment! And the walnuts will be falling soon-ish...

fragmentsofnim July 24 2008, 04:56:27 UTC

Walnut dye! AWESOME.
Let's chat at Sept. Crown and see if we can synchronize swatches, and nail down a visiting time:)

I have a question: how long did it take you to make your copper liquor? I just mixed up my second batch (first batch didn't work - used copper wire) and I'm curious to know how long until it is 'ripe'.

Mulberries outside your apartment? You could raise silkworms! Cool!

parlor_games July 22 2008, 02:46:57 UTC

it doesn't look mauve-ish in that light.....I would call that "Old Lady Red Hair Dye #4."

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Re: "Old Lady Red Hair Dye #4." fragmentsofnim July 22 2008, 05:10:33 UTC

People hair shouldn't be dyed this color, oh dear!

I needs must post a better pic of the wool tomorrow. I swear it's pinkish purplish, not old lady reddish!

fragmentsofnim July 22 2008, 05:08:18 UTC

You are not the first person to say this, Beloved Laurel. I'll take a better pic in different light and post it tommorrow. It's not transformed itslef to "Old Lady Red Hair Dye #4." - tis still pinkish-purplish-brownish-grayish. Or, as you called it, MAUVE.

countess_e July 22 2008, 04:00:04 UTC

Lookit you! I love both those colors.

fragmentsofnim July 22 2008, 05:13:58 UTC

Promise I will be taking a better pic of the colors in different light tomorrow. Popular opinion says it is looking decidedly rust-ish (I believe the term "Old Lady Red Hair Dye #4" came up a couple of times) in the photo - but it's really truly more purplish pinkish in real life. More Mauve. Sigh.

do talk girlfriend wlfraven July 22 2008, 13:25:36 UTC

How fabo. I totaly want to know what your process was with the Blackberries? Did you weigh in pounds? fill a pot? boil in water? How concentated did you make the slurry?

what would or will you do different in the future?

In the past I have seen different colors come out of the same batch depending on how the wool went in. wool in the fiber. wool already spun.

Cedric

Re: do talk girlfriend fragmentsofnim July 24 2008, 05:11:31 UTC

1.5 pound fresh blackberries (I read that frozen ones work too!) simmered (not boiled) in 1 gallon of tapwater for 1 hour. I added the wool, then let the wool simmer in the sweet smelling sludge water for 3 hours. Total time to finished product:4 hours ( ... )