This is me and Simmy in a fast photo while she and her family stopped by to talk dyeing and say hello. Simmy is a blogger and she arranged for her family to come to America for the first time and stay with other bloggers, none of whom they had actually met!...
Here are the knitted swatches for the skeins I painted in Seattle. I thought it would be helpful to see that even though the skein may look okay before knitting, it may not be what you want when you knit your project.Pictured below are skeins 1 & 2; #2 is a duplicate...
The moon is rising over the farm tonight, the sheep are up in the back fields, the day was hot but tonight there is a slight breeze and a complete calmness over all. It's still warm; 70 degrees at 9PM but it's mighty hard to find a reason not to be thankful.
After we finished haying Sunday, Jack and I took Sidney for a swim. This is Jack's pickup, therefore it's Sidney's pickup and no one takes his front seat! Westmoreland is still quite agricultural, and the views are gorgeous all four seasons. When I am driving to and...
80 more bales of hay in the barn,80 more bales of hay,We picked them up and tossed them in,80 more bales of hay in the barn!
Here are the skeins I painted in Seattle amongst all the other work we were doing! Handpainting was new to me as an artform and the concept crept in slowly, but surely! Of course there are many ways to paint a skein and tastes vary greatly. The 1st skein I painted to...
It's been a big week both here and at the farm. In Seattle painted skeins, color theory, blending, mordanting options and friendships were made and renewed. On the farm new water lines were dug for 24/7 frost free sheep water at the barn, new windows in the cottage...
Today and Thursday we are all handpainting yarns; 9 skeins of rayon/cotton, silk and wool. Each of us has chosen our own palatte of colors, I make it sound so simple but the lead-in to today was quite a project! We began painting and steaming and overdyeing with...
I am brighter today, still stuck between EST and PST, too late to bed, up at dawn! Here is a picture of my hue cards that I made yesterday. The top of the circle begins with red and there are 5 major hues and 5 minor hues around the chart. Today we begin to apply the...
Today was another cranial day for me in the natural dye world. I am sorry not to have any pictures in the studio, too busy! We spent the entire day working with color palettes; and I specifically spent most of the afternoon creating my Munsell Student Color Set....
