a week of colour

in the summer, when the indigo vat is working well, anything that isn’t nailed down gets dyed

 2 skeins of 20/2 silk I inherited from a retiring weaver

not exactly my colours

a couple dips in the indigo fixed that

the skein on the bottom is handspun silk that was a sad pale indigo

it went into the vat as well

Merino wool on the top and a silk skein, now green, at the bottom

they were a very bright yellow dyed with rhubarb root

 after 2 quick dips I’m not sure how the brown happened or if it can be repeated

it is a nice heather-y mix and would be lovely for a tweed jacket

the small blue skein is the same merino that got lost at the bottom of the vat and wasn’t retrieved until the end of the day

the shifu sample is a winner,  the linen warp and paper yarn are similar in shade

the twisted slubs in the paper thread add interest

I think there is a shifu project in the works

the second piece of woven shibori is dyed

with the 2 pieces there is 1 1/2 metres,  what to use them for?

a change from the blue

there is a bumper crop of figs, I just have to get to them before the starlings and raccoons!