Inspiration

I love it when my customers send me pictures showing me what they have done with my roving. Cleo Wolfus used roving that I featured here in May and made felted dreadlocks out of it. This is her "Alien Imp" Headdress.

I love it!

These pictures are copyrighted by Cleo Wolfus and are shown here with her permission.

Featured Roving of the Day - Purple!!

Okay, so I wasn't trying to get purple. I was trying out some of my new dye colors and was doing burgundy. Well the burgundy looked rather pink to me so I added a bit of blue and ta da... we have purple.

Now the irony of this story is (the purple happened yesterday) I was dyeing some roving red this morning as I like to have a nice mix of colors for people to choose from in my shop. I added a few spots of blue hoping for some contrast and spots on the red. Well, I didn't add my vinegar right away (bad mistake) and when I went to do this the blue had spread all over and ruined my red. So I added some more red, then some yellow, then some green (I wasn't happy with the color, can you tell) and finally added some black. I let that stew for a few minutes and then added some more vingear. I let that sit for awhile and now I have burgundy! Go figure... think I will give up while I am ahead today.

So tell me, should I list this, will anyone buy it? It isn't a whole lot but would be a good amount for someone just starting to spin. It will also felt if someone wants to make purple flowers.

Until tomorrow... happy spinning. :)

Featured Roving of the Day

This is 2 1/8 oz. (60 grams) hand dyed by yours truly with non-toxic food safe dyes. I really like the way this one came out. Actually I want to keep all of them. :) I found this type of wool to be really springy and requires quite a bit of pre-drafting. I separated this roving right down the middle of the black stripe and continued to do that each time I separated it. That way each section had just a little black in it. Stop by my shop to see more pictures of this roving.

Welcome!

Hi everyone, I currently have a shop on etsy where I sell hand dyed roving and original fiber art. Seems like a strange combination but I have a good time. :) Here is one of my latest offerings; I call it Alice in Wonderland. That was hubby's idea since I didn't really want to call it "Trippin on Acid" which seemed appropriate given all the strange colors that ended up in it. It started out life as yellow, believe it or not.