Showing posts with label Antique Colours for Primitive Rugs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Antique Colours for Primitive Rugs. Show all posts

Monday, September 25, 2017

A Full Cupboard


facing into the sun
not the best way to get a good shot
moving the cupboard was not an option though...

top row is actually orange and reds

this is most of the wool I've dyed in 2017
missing are about two more shelves full that didn't fit

these will mix wonderfully with my other stash
no excuse not to hook now

thinking I'm pretty much done selling wool
I'm glad I dyed it
sold enough to make it worth my while
just felt much more like work
than work ever does

other items like homespun, dye books with swatches,
a hook or two
even some hooked rugs
are in the works
just not wool

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with all this dyeing I really used up a good amount
of my dye stash
one of my main objectives

for now all the dye supplies are stored away
 if I feel the need to dye something
I'll just have to marry some wools

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am going to be doing a little
hook-a-long next month
if you'd like to join in
will post here and on FB

the plan is a winter theme
still tossing ideas around in my head
 
 

Sunday, September 17, 2017

September Dye-A-Thon


dyed this morning
these are all from one pot
all the same base (cream) wool...
love the variety



from yesterdays dye pots
lighter than I'd planned
but still loving them

three pots are cooling on the stove
2 different barn reds
1 forest foliage
they'll be quite mottled 
as they'll have to sit until after work
 

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now I need to go through my packets of dye
figure out what I can do with it
maybe buy just a few more packets of certain colors...
 

Saturday, September 16, 2017

Dyeing and Destashing


my dyeing from the past week or so
I did a batch or two every day before work

more wool soaking for later today

it's hard for me to do lights and mediums
I'd like to dye them all dark, rich colors


sold my stash of Valdani floss


as well as 22 vintage spools 
wound with DMC black floss

little by little 
I will pare my belongings down to
"just enough"

Hope you're having a great day!
 

Monday, August 28, 2017

After and Before


from the book
Antiuqe Colors for Primitive Rugs

colors are fairly accurate
the top greens are less faded looking in person

top
olive green/plum  #27
full recipe
1/2 cup each in two pots

bottom 

bronze/green  #26
full recipe
1/2 cup each in two pots




these are the 2 wools overdyed with #26
they were sort of faded peach and pink 
quite hookable now! 

They dye pots and supplies have been bleached
stored away for another time
I really must get to finishing 
the pieces I've hooked the past few months

Back to work after 4 days off...
UGH!