#handdyeing — Public Fediverse posts

*three hours later*

i have a bowl of washed and picked wool that is now soaking in my sink with a tiny splash of vinegar to be separated out and dyed in the morning!

i also found my dyes and dug out my dyepot and spoon. Pro Tip: don't mix kitchen pots with dyepots if you use professional non-foodsafe dyes. also wear gloves and a respirator if you are working with the powdered stuff. that stuff gets *everywhere* omg.

i'll post pics as soon as i figure out the colors i want. i'm thinking... seafoam, copper, coral, lavender and maybe a dark gold? maybe a pale chestnut? i use CMYK ratios to mix my dyes and it's been a while. so it'll be anyone's guess what i end up with. 😆

#Dyeing #FiberArts #HandDyeing #HandSpinning #SlowLife #SlowCrafting #CMYK

three good things:

1) i had a few chocolate chips about an hour ago and now i am frantically planning on cleaning and dying a fleece that's been in my garage since 2023. i have a wee bit of inspiration to dye small bits of wool in various colors and then use them for embroidery on another project that's been languishing for a while.

chocolate chips as instant motivation? maybe! i'm not sure how long this energy will last, but i'll take it. lol

2) i still have fairy lights in my front window and they are the special kind that flash along with whatever music is playing nearby. i may never take them down. sorry neighbors. 😌

3) did i mention that i ate a very small handful of chocolate chips? because i'm not used to that amount of caffeine (or like, any caffeine, lolol) so i am kinda spinning my wheels here. but they were pretty good and i have now reached my caffeine quota for the year. 🎉

#ThreeGoodThings #3GoodThings #Today #Chocolate #FairyLights #Spinning #HandDyeing #FiberArts #MidnightSpinningProjects #JustATinyBitHyper

I've raided all the dyed roving and locks that I have to find something to spin! I'm afraid I'll forget how to or lose momentum and then I won't spin for a long time and for sure forget how! I'm trying to spin everyday for 30 days to establish habit.

Gonna make a bit of 🌈 #yarn...

#HandDyeing #HandSpinning #Wool

New late night #dye job.

#Wool #Locks #Dyeing #HandDyeing #FiberArts

Here is the #yarn I recently got back from the mill. It's better suited to #crochet, I think. I'm going to have more sportweight/fine yarn milled next because I'm out. Meanwhile, I'm going to start #handdyeing some of this.

#GulfCoast #SheepOfMastodon #Wool #SmallBusinessSaturday @fiberarts @crochet

i finished my hat! here's the third hat i've knitted this year and the one that uses the yarn i spun and dyed above! :blobrainbow:

#spinning #yarn #dyeing #fiberart #fibreart #knitting #handspinning #handdyeing #today

it turned out super lovely!! this is my sample, so i'm swatching it to see how it pools, but so far i think the only thing i'll need to tweak is making the blue sections longer and that will take care of itself with the full sized hanks. 🎉

sometimes it's super lovely to spin dyed roving, but it's just as fun to spin it undyed and play with colors afterwards!

#spinning #yarn #dyeing #fiberart #fibreart #knitting #handspinning #handdyeing #today

I was taking product photos today cos it was the perfect level of cloudy. I’ve got four of five colours photographed now. Just one more to go. #knitting #yarn #handdyeing #mittens #knittingkit