more lessons to learn

I dyed the silk skeins individually, with rhubarb leaves, as it was spun

each skein was a slightly different shade

so – I mordanted them together in alum

 then dyed them again in the last of the leaves

voila – the same colour

I thought it would be a good colour with the blue silk warp

but it looked dreadful – so out it came.

instead, I’m using a hand-spun 2 ply silk that was “painted”, before spinning, with Procion MX dyes

there are 2 narrow pattern blocks on each selvedge

and I miss-counted when winding the warp, I could have dropped 1 block on each side

but- I’m stubborn!

here is the solution

a bell on each end might be interesting?

meanwhile I’ve been knitting in the heat

all hand-spun 2 ply yarns

from the stash – Merino, silk, silk/cashmere blend, silk/camel blend and alpaca