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Our
dye workshop group.
Three members of the Amarillo guild joined us. |
Here
we are, gathered around the dye pots in Mary's back yard. |
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Helen
and Becky show us two of the dyes we tried: acorns and juniper.
We also used henna, madder root, Brazil wood sawdust, cochineal,
Annatto Achiote Molido, yellow onion skins, turmeric,
Kool Aid, and yarrow. |
First
we had to wind some of the wool yarn into a skein. |
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Donna
got the fires going for us. |
First
we soaked the wool yarn in cool water, then in hot water with alum
to prepare it to take up the dye. |
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Cooper
took over as the soaking attendant.
She was in the middle of everything.
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Some
of our dye pots. |
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It
has hard to resist stirring and poking the dye pots! |
The
Brazil wood sawdust dye pot.
At first it gave deep reds, then later soft corals.
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This
is the madder root. It gave coppery colors. |
Yellow
onion skins. This gave a beautiful lemon yellow. |
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The
cochineal gave a pinkish purple. (The orange thing is a plastic
tag Donna used to identify her yarn.)
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After
dyeing, we rinsed the cooled yarn, then hung it on a clothesline. |
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This
yarn was dyed in yellow onion skins,
boosted with turmeric. |
We
got so many hues,
depending on the yarn and the strength of the dye. |
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The
brown yarn started out as natural grey wool.
The madder root turned it a soft brown. |
Everyone
took home some beautiful yarn.
It was a very successful workshop! |
