slow work
it’s raining, the garden and trees need it
doing some housework – boring but necessary!
I found some dyestuff in the freezer
pomegranate peel – the fruit is available in the store at this time of year 
you can enjoy the seeds, the peel gives a good strong yellow
and avocado peel and seed, used separately they give slightly different colours
I wanted pastel colours
the yarn is handspun Merino/silk
top is the pomegranate
center is avocado, peel and seed together
the bottom skein was what I wanted – flesh colour, not pink, beige or yellow
avocado exhaust bath with a tiny bit of cochineal added ( just 10 little insects)
it was challenging to dye and even more difficult to photograph
struggling with the weaving as well
while cleaning up I found a small bag of flax
spinning linen warp for tapestry
now I’m off to weave tea towels – at least I know what I’m doing there
www.onesmallstitch.Wordpress.com 
Such soft, lovely colors!
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Kerry – it is fun to use the natural materials that would otherwise go in the compost.
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Lovely delicate colours. My eye loves and my brain demands strong colour, but these are more distinctive for being achieved naturally instead of with chemicals.
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Kate – I have found from living/working in both a climate with strong sunlight and in a northern coastal climate that our eye/brain chooses very different colours influenced by the light around us. I almost always use natural dyes now, chemical dyes look flat and garish, natural dyes have many slight variations and are more complex.
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Jean–good description of the difference between the dyes.
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Velma – after years of dyeing it is good when you have achieved some control and come close to the colour you want.
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