I’m dyeing

I hate it when I feel like I have totally wasted the day away, which is how I felt about yesterday. No matter how hard I tried to make progress on anything it seems like I just got slapped right back down. Seems I have contracted some sort of bug that must be going around somewhere because I feel awful. I’m ready for it to go away.

I am also catching another bug. The dyeing bug! I tried my hand at immersion dyeing earlier this month. I wasn’t happy with the results. The color was nice but it felted. Learned a lesson there so I’ll consider that a good thing. Next go at it should be a success. Here is the one and only thing that I got done yesterday.

It’s four ounces of merino that I spot dyed and then steamed in the dye pot. I think it will spin up pretty neat. It reminds me of the crocuses that bloom in the spring. I’m going to start dyeing roving for the shop soon, but first I want to experiment with colors a little more.