Scott and I took a walk in the woods at Hidden Lake Gardens --
I knitted some more on Ileana's scarf--
It was a perfect day.
A place to talk about knitting and spinning -- where my husband and kids don't have to pretend they care.
I knitted some more on Ileana's scarf--
It was a perfect day.
That's me at the trusty Weber grill, submerging some of my Rambouillet fleece into the dyepot. Cushing Dye. Salmon.
Now, to me, salmon implies an intense orangey pink. This is what I got dyeing 1/2 pound to full exhaust (the amount of dye is suggested for 1 lb at full depth of shade)
The photos don't really do justice to this blah color. If I were making lots of little stuffed caucasian dolls for Christmas, this would be the perfect color for skin tone. Not quite what I had in mind. I was more inspired by this --
the dogwood turning russet-colored in our backyard.So back to the dyepot with some terra cotta. Lots of it.
Now this is more like it --
Next stop after drying -- carding and spinning.
Thank you to Carol, her wonderful daughter Lisa (who organized us, made us laugh, and photographed us) and everyone else for the gift of the Women of Craft Retreat 2007.
destined for the quaker rib shawl thingie that I'm trying to put together. Someday.
After the Christmas ornaments, Scott's gift, Andrew's socks, my sweater (just sleeves to go -- I think I can, I think I can!)
I'm already feeling the Christmas pressure. After all, it will be Halloween before we know it!
And then, this --
Doesn't Scott look cute in his little hat? He'll love that I've posted this shot.
Tomorrow, I plan to knit at the Appleumpkin Festival (yes, it's as small-town cute as it sounds) while Scott is at a camera show.
Sigh.
On the plus side, I did get a lot of spinning finished for the quaker rib shawl/wrap I want to make -- after the Christmas gifts, ornaments, socks for my son, sleeve to my sweater, Lucy Neatby mittens.....
It's three-ply, two from roving I got at Allegan and one from Spinner's Flock roving. I did another bobbin of all one roving, and I'm going to grade the shades throughout the shawl. It's the first three-ply I've done in a long time -- I think I'm going to like it better for this project than my usual two-ply.