I have also re-discovered how much I like spinning silk. I have four ancient skeins of Classic Elite Mistral; remember when CE did their whole south of France thing? I think Provence is the only yarn left standing. Anyway, I have these skeins of Mistral in a lovely deepish blue, and Isaac needs a little jacket for coolish but not cold weather. I've decided to knit him one, a seamless yoke style. I thought using just the Mistral would be a boring, so I spun up some silk to dye and incorporate into the yoke. Goodness it was pretty to spin. I am so looking forward to making the jacket.
I also delved into the world of the washcloth this Christmas. How boring is that, you may ask? Pretty boring, but brilliant if you have to follow a baby around the house. I perked things up by dyeing them with natural dyes, lac beetle (purple), osage orange (yellow), and quebacho red (pinky tan). I didn't do anything particularly adventurous, just mordanted them with alum. Looking forward to getting a bit more in it experiment wise. I have started taking iron tablet and a multi vitamin to try and keep myself energized after a long day with the baby man, all for the sake of squeezing out some more craft time!
I made another bunny as well, this one for Maisy. Polworth spun up and dyed with Landscape dyes once again, and fulled in the trusty washing machine.
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your cotton dishcloths! you dyed them! may i ask where you procured the dyes and mordants? i am in an epic knitting project of knitting 40 (!) of those suckers for my upcoming wedding shower and the process, while fun, would be entirely more satisfying if i dyed them myself!
i've dyed wool before with natural and acid dyes, but i've never tried dyeing cotton! yours look great!
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