Sunday was cold, -6 at one point. After weeks of frigid temperatures in a nearly monochromatic landscape, it was time for a change of pace. How about a dyeing class.. at WEBS. By itself, WEBS is good for a day out. Now add in seven other like minded women, fiber and color and what do you have, a perfect Sunday.
What could be better for a gaggle of fiber fanatics than spending the day warming themselves around a simmering dyepot. Kim and Jean were there, and my (ahem) co pilot, Cindy. We managed a detour or two, lol.
If you ever get a chance to take one of Barb Parry's classes, do. She's a wonderful teacher. I was impressed with all she managed to fit into a one day class. In the morning she covered the basics of color theory, ratios, mixing dyes, prewetting, and the handling of the fiber. Then the fun started.
Like campers around a fire, we gathered around colorful dyebaths and a
cooking crockpot of roving. We painted and dipped dyed. Barb demonstrated several other techniques. In one corner of the room a kettle steamed away, in another
the steam tray set tray after tray of jelly rolled rovings.
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12 responses to “grrrrls just wanna have fun”
How fun! Sounds like a fabulous day!
It was great fun meeting you this weekend! See you at SPA!
Wow! What a fun Sunday!
Beautiful! I can’t believe you had anything left to learn, though.
Beautiful results!
Makes me want to reach through the screen and start drafting!
Surely, you must be eager to see how they will spin up…
The roving is so beautiful. I’m a little envious you were all together in class!
Wow – I saw the pictures on Kim’s blog too. Looks like the group had a wonderful day. Lots of nice color to break up the dreariness of -6 degrees!
Sounds like so much fun!
Oh! What wonderful color – the perfect antidote to gray winter!
It does sound like the perfect Sunday…
But you’re already such a fabulous dyer! Learning new tricks is fun, though, and your fiber is beautiful!
It was fun day and I’m glad the weather was on our side. Happy dyeing!
Yes….I did have co-pilot failure :))))Barb’s class was a great way to beat the January blahs with color!