Dyeing

Today was dye day. I had planned on taking advantage of the spectacularly hot weather today, and getting some wool and silk outside to dry... but by the time I managed it, it was later and the storm front was moving in enough that the sun was behind clouds. The wool is mostly dry, the last batch of silk is pretty wet, and thankfully I remembered to bring it in before the torrents of rain started a few minutes ago. Of course, not thinking about the heat *inside,* it was a bit sweltering above the dyepot.

But I am particularly happy with the Raspberries and Cream BFL superwash top (it doesn't look so... neon.. in person. it is intense, with burgundy, red, and pinks mixed with the cream.)


and the Smashed Plum silk top.


Yesterday I managed to squeeze some carding in while Boo was at "school" (which only has two more sessions before summer - eep!) instead of whatever else i probably should have been doing. I finally got my hands onto some of the bamboo and soysilk I picked up at the MDSW last month, and made up this:


I had dyed some linen "black" some weeks ago. some came out blue-black, some came out dark grey, and some came out beige. the beige was a bit of a surprise! To the darkest linen, I added a bunch of natural honey colored bamboo, a bit of white soy silk, some firestar nylon, and a teensy bit of angelina. it is a very silky but very dense batt. It is the first one that I've carded up that contains no animal fibers whatsoever, and I'm really happy with it. I'm tempted to keep it for myself.