Monday, July 11, 2011

Yesterday's Dyed Wool


Yesterday's dye pot yields today's wool yarns and rovings...


The dye color was a combination of sun yellow and a drop of bright blue to get a color that was close to lime green. On the piece below, I started with a tan wool, so the outcome was more like chartreuse.


On creamy white wool the lime is true and the color is variegated...



The lime was a little darker on the white yarn...


This multi-colored yarn, over dyed with lime, will make a fine compliment to the lime yarn.


Finally, the pink & brown yarn, as well as a blue, white, and sea green yarn became this new color of variegated lime green...


These colors will be wonderful in wool pincushions!

4 comments:

Unknown said...

This is very cool> i had no knowledge of dying wool in such a fashion. Thanks for sharing this with us. Now a lot of people can do this instead to giving it to someone else.
laine

Windy Hill Happenings said...

YUMMY!!!!!

Anita Heady Fiber Arts, LLC said...

Thanks!

Anita Heady Fiber Arts, LLC said...

Merci, Laine!