Wednesday, March 26, 2008

Easter Eggs

Between making brunch and dinner, I set Kai and Abi up to dye eggs on Sunday. They used two different sets of dyes...one was tie-dye and only used a small bit of the dyes. I didn't want to just pour them out so I set some superwash merino roving to soak in water and vinegar until they were finished.

I didn't put a lot of thought or planning into it. I just squiggled the damp roving to fit the space that was already set up. Then I poured each dye in a row, leaving some white space in between.

dry
Easter roving
I spun it all up on my latest favorite spindle (the 1 oz dark stained flower with the shaft Alex turned) on Monday. Look, I plied it all (except for a bit left on one bobbin) onto the spindle...nearly 4 3/4 ozs!
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I had to get a pic of at least some of the eggs...before Graham turned them all into deviled eggs.
Easter Eggs
all wound up in a neat little cake
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3 comments:

Anonymous said...

I'm dying for an update on your wheel situation; what's the word from Louet?

And I was looking at your shop and saw your radioactive spindle--do you think you could do one with the biohazard symbol on the top, the standard orangey-red and black? I'd love one like that.

Lisa said...

I just purchased my first drop spindle and stumbled upon your site (wish I would have found it before I bought one, yours are waaaay cuter).

I'm in love with your yarn too.

Right now, I know zero people that can spin (not even my LYS knows how) and would like to know if you have suggestions on a good place to start.

Claudia said...

What a great idea. I wish I had thought of this. I love how the yarn turned out, so pretty.