Had another great day of playing with wool and dyeing yesterday with Lori. Her studio is a fiber haven, or maybe even heaven, and it was really fun to spend some time looking at all of her fibers in various stages of completion. From an incredible hank of her chow chow Jeric's fur to baskets full of llama, sheep and goat fibers, her work space is a tactile playroom. There are wheels and the new picker, many photographs and books, great music and fun ephemera everywhere...a beautiful picture window that looks out onto their lovely backyard. The dye pots were scattered all over the house, with carrot tops upstairs in the kitchen, tansy and jewelweed downstairs in different rooms (it's a plug thing!). I'd picked a bunch of the jewelweed early yesterday morning before driving to Worcester, and the other two dye baths were Lori's contributions. I tried some plain white wool into all three baths and then also took some of the light cochineal wool to try, too. Seeing them all spread out to dry this morning, a beautiful graduated palette of yellows, greens and oranges is a sight that makes me happy; the friendship and experience of sharing a common interest with an old friend makes it even better. Excited to have it all spun up and start to knit some hats with it all! In the image, from top to bottom, are tansy, carrot tops and jewelweed; the white is first and then the light cochineal. The white fleece was placed alongside to give a comparison. It was a fun day...
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