Nothing sets off red, better than green. Right? Yesterday I spent a bit of time dyeing a couple skeins of Lincoln. I wanted a red that I have been carrying in my head, the red from one of my carpets. I’m planning on using this yarn for a pad I want to make for a footstool. This morning I went out looking at RED.
The yarn was spun on my HitchHiker using the 9:1 ratio umm ‘drive wheel’. If you haven’t switched yours over, you might want to think about it. What a difference, at least for me. This is from a Lincoln fleece that was given to me a couple years ago. While it was in the grease it felt soft and almost silky. After sending it out to be processed, it became a sort of stiff, dry, not at all soft, beautiful grey roving. Perfect for rugs, chair pads, stuff like that, not anything I’d want close to my skin. It spins easily and I’m using the middle finger, from the fold, long draw method. Still practicing.
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6 responses to “red and green”
Lovely red, and so nice with the green. I, too, see carpets as a wealth of inspiration.
That is a beautiful red :o)
Ditto – practicing. I hope I have stuff to practice for the rest of my life – keeps us young.
Oh such beautiful reds!!
I love that red. Which dye? Ever play with cochineal? I thinking of spinning up some hyperfine merino and bugging it.
Gorgeous red! Do you think the fleece would have processed differently by hand?