The Yarn Queen

This was my last dye class and it wasn’t a dissapointment.  Wow we worked with Indigo and Logwood.  Guess what, i got to tye dye a shirt just like the old days of hippydom.  Who would have guessed, the Queen a hippy, not quite but I do remember them.  We did have cameras back then and they were more advanced than a Brownie. Well anyway Indigo is a very strong dye, along with Logwood so you have to be careful not to turn everything blue, blue, blue.  The colors are very rich though and I dipped my beautiful, yellows into the indigo and came out with fabulous greens. Go figure.  Well now i just have to decide what to knit up with  my array of dye stuff.  If you have suggestions send them don’t be shy. 
The Gnomes wanted to say Hi! to everyone

And I am spinning up some wonderful colors of fiber.  This is 2 oz of a limited edition from Capistrano Fiber Arts Studio handpainted by Lori Lawson.  50% Alpaca/50% Blue Face LeicesterWool.  I picked it up in California a couple years back, before I had a spinning wheel because of the color way.  Did I ever do good work, this is a beauty to spin.
Then to make matters even more interesting i picked up this hand made loom at Three Wishes. The different wood these looms are made of are gorgeous, there was one i liked better, but i went with the size and practicalness. Is that a word? Use up singles and get the weaving bug out of the system….