dyeing fiber

posted on by Lee Cattarin

4oz of yarn and a pound of wool, chunked out, drying on a drying rack outdoors. the yarn and half the wool is a mix of teals and greens; the other half of the wool is a beautiful orange-gold.

hand-dyed with acid dyes

  1. a skein of dark grey handspun yarn

    handcombed jacobs handspun

    • yarn
  2. 6 small skeins of handspun yarn, each made from a different plant fiber. from top, we have flax (medium brown, rough); what is probably lotus (golden, shiny and soft); banana (white and semi shiny); hemp (light brown, rough); tencel (white and very shiny); ramie (a particularly small skein, white and semi shiny)

    spinning plants

    • yarn
  3. one large skein (and technically a smaller skein hidden behind it) of sheen-y black alpaca handspun, in about a DK weight

    charlie the alpaca handspun

    • yarn