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Just Peachy

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On 21 Aug, 2012

In Dye

Pretty, but not what I had in mind. My first thought was Tequila Sunrise. But Tequila Sunrise would have had more orange-red, which I would have liked. This is too peachy. Fuzzy Navel, perhaps. (Yes, my mind is on summer drinks.)

Anyway, this is the result of one ounce of madder to unknown amount of fiber. I didn’t weigh the fiber before I dyed it. I don’t have anything in my notes as to the original weight either. And I’m out of madder.

So, what you see is what I’ve got. Not bad. Just not what I had in mind. Good thing I’m not all that vested in this project!

Madder

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On 21 Aug, 2012

In Dye

I decided to dye the California Red fleece with madder. I’ll see what the color is after it cools off. I think it might be too light and may need more madder.

Teal…again

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On 30 Apr, 2012

In Dye

20120430-095353.jpgIt would seem that I’ve circled back to teal again.

I tend to cycle through a limited palette: teal, blue, purple and red. I was on teal for quite a long while. I made some short excursions into reds, purchased some purple, but no finished projects with those colors.

So what is the fiber for? It’s for a Friendship Coverlet Exchange. I dyed 1 pound of brown BFL yesterday. The second pound is cooling in the turkey roaster right now. It’s been a while since I dyed a full pound of fiber at once and there are definitely spots that will need to be re-dyed.

I wanted slight depth of shade variability in the roving so that, when spun, the yarn will have some gradations to keep it interesting. However, I have spots that just didn’t have any color on it. I changed my dye application method slightly for the second pound. Let’s see if I get better color saturation with this batch.

Next up, spin all two pounds of this teal BFL into fingering weight singles then skein them off into 250-300 yard skeins to give to the other participants.

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