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….
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Yes, I am sooooo far behind and what is your excuse?
We should have a contest. Okay, the best excuse of why you are so far behind in life, blogging, knitting, spinning, or what ever will receive a surprise from the Queen. It will be better than a 3 foot zuchinni also.
Oh my I am still writing about August and i do believe we are roaring into mid September. Bear with me it’s just all good stuff to be remembered, rekindled, revered, loved and enjoyed again in writing. As you could see W was well worth waiting for and now we have a new little family. The Queen almost didn’t cry, but then that would have been uncharacteristic so i did. Thank goodness for tissues and long sleeves.
Well after hanging out at the hospital on Friday the Duchess and I had to prepare for our Dyeing class. Yellows, that would be Marigolds, Rabbit Brush, Osage Orange and Madder. There are others but those are the 4 we would work with in class. I must have witches in my ancestery, I love this mixing, boiling, dipping and singing (in my head only) witches witches, boil and bubble, toil and trouble to come. And then giving a lovely witch laugh out loud. Wait till you hear about morning glory but that will be later. Yellow is a common naturally occuring color. There are lots of good books about natural dyeing, but the books are not near a fun a the class that we took at Three Wishes.
