onward

a wonderful thing about maintaining a large outdoor indigo vat is that you can dye all summer whenever the urge strikes

I frequently start the first dip while still in my pj’s

from left to right

heavy cotton napkin, first dip

napkin, same cotton  10 – or maybe 11 dips

the last of the woven shibori, more dips tomorrow

linen warp, shifu weft

finally, 20/2 silk top dyed with indigo over pomegranate yellow

after several attempts this is very close to the actual colour

a dark teal green – yeah!

the challenge with my students involved an exchange of yarns

in order to have enough for two scarves (what’s the point of going to all the work of warping only one?)

I played with several colours from the stash

silk, some handspun

the gold yarn is spindle spun Fox Fiber cotton plied with silk

I choose to wind the colours in pairs – one increasing in number and the second decreasing

switch to a second pair which includes one of the previous colours

there is always a solid block of colour between the change in pairs

it takes a bit of time but blends the colours and varying yarns nicely

and I’m still working from the stash!