Having had a night where my sleep ended at 2:30, I gave up & decided to use the time for dyeing some wool.
I didn't grow any woad this year, but I had a 5 gallon covered pail of a woad vat I made last year & didn't use. Everytime I left the house I had to pass by the pail which I looked at from the corner of my eye. Not one to waste much, I had too much time involved in it already.
Heck, just harvesting the leaves for that strong a dye probably took me 1.5 hrs. alone. Not to mention the time involved at the stove & stirring, etc.
So last night I went over my old dye notes and looked at some articles from some books on the subject and mentally prepared myself. I had in mind the wool (an assortment of my combed top, my carded batts, and homespun skeins) last night too.
I have loosely planned 3 rugs in variegated colours of coarse fibre I have been preparing over the past 3 yrs. I figure I will need 6 lbs wool for each rug. The rugs will have a dark warp and many shades of green, both from acid dyes & nature dyes.
Anyhow here are a few pics from today.
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| Woad over G. Marguerite & on white wool on botton. |
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| All 5 skeins. |
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| Batts & top |
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| Skeins Drying |
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| Batts & top |
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| The Day's Work Summed Up |
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