frieda
| this is the first batch of roving that i dyed. check it out...182 yds of vibrant goodness. what to make with it? jake asked if i was sending this to my secret pal. bah! there are a good bit more photos in my flickr account of all the stuff i did. i dyed 8 batches, all different, and oddly enough, my first one was the best! it looked like an ugly tie-dye and then when i spun it, it looked like this! i call it frieda. she would dig it. i am thinking about doing a series of yarns named after artists, maybe other people as well. boo seemed to think it was a neat idea. now how to make magritte yarn. maybe it should not be yarn at all? hmmm. i way overdid it yesterday, i spun a few hundred yards yesterday after dyeing for 3 or 4 hours. my mom wanted me to go shopping with her and my cousin who is in town from canada, but i wanted to get some of this stuff done, at long last. it was easier than i thought, mainly because i had researched it and knew basically what i was doing. makes a big difference. you know? i think i wore off my fingerprints on my index fingers from spinning. also, i didn't wear gloves to dye and i used my hands to disperse the color. hmf! i may try the microwave method next time, it will be quicker. i want to stay home and dye more! now i will be afraid to knit up frida because it is so beautiful. this is my problem. i am overwhelmed by the beauty and don't want to waste it. god, am i tired. yesterday i met my mom, dad and 2nd cousin for dinner. my cousin is really cool. she is my mom's age, but is so open minded. she was the black sheep of the family, so actually had done so much in her life, travelling, living in all sorts of different places, she worked with steven spielberg interviewing holocaust survivors. she is a history teacher in toronto. anyway, if i have the energy, i would like to hang out with her alone. my mom tends to cut her off, or cut me off, so we can't really talk about anything. i am soooooooo tired. tired! tired. but i must get up. must get up. |
posted by natasha @ 11:08 AM
6 Comments:
Your yarn colors are AMAZING!!! Wow. Speechless!!
oh my goodness. it all looks to beautiful, your flickr acct. is packed to the brim with great stuff
xo
holy shit again! first a lovely roving and now a beautiful yarn. i can't wait to see it knit up. great job, and you were afraid of dying... wooohooo.
Love the Frida yarn. It is too faboo for words! Can I place an order?
Shit, this is sooooo beautiful. The colours look really amazing.
Like I said before, will trade anytime. (of course, in your favour as you're hand-making the stuff).
Natasha...your dying is beautiful and your spinning is kick-ass to boot. Where did learn how to spin?
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