End of season spinning

March 15, 2009 at 11:21 am | In spinning | Leave a Comment

The weather is getting better and the large piles of snow has melted off.  Promise of spring rests in the air, the sun and the song of the birds.  But…yardwork is still a ways off, at least a couple more weeks.  I am using this time to get in all the fiber time I can before nature forces me outdoors to take care of the aesthetics.

Recently I read about the Rit dyes being used for not only plant fiber, but animal fiber as well.  Seems that it is dual purpose, and what doesn’t take simply stays in the water.  I tried it out on some really nice Merino/Ramboullet mix roving I picked up at Zeilingers last year.  I used royal blue dye that my grandma had stashed away in the back of one of her cupboards for some reason.  Not one to waste thing, I figured why not give it a try.  It came out more like a periwinkle than royal blue, but beautiful nonetheless.

I am getting so used to spinning from batts, that I cranked the dyed roving through my drum carder and got a lot of very lofty fine batts.  It is spinning up very fine and very soft.  Take a look:

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