Last week I spent a couple of days in the kitchen with my dyes. I had varying success with some turning out as I had hope others more happy chance than intentional.
From the bottom up:
1. Fee's Thank you - Falkland Roving hand-painted with Aubergine (3pts Blue Violet, 2pts Fushia and 1 pt Black), Red-violet (4pts Fushia and 1 prt Blue Violet), Turquoise and silver grey, this was the 1st attempt with too little grey
2. Compost - an attempt to emulate 'Rose Bud' a lovely mix of red and green with a touch of tumeric. Mine is more mud and yukky green, but hey ho you do learn by your mistakes and I think that I moved the contents of the dye bath and allowed the colours to mix..
3/4. Jemima. Corriedale hand-painted with teal and burgundy, more burgundy than teal and in this picture the two rovings don't look the same!!
5/6. Mallard. Hand Painted with Teal and Burgundy. Next day I tried again this time with Falkland with much better results
7. Zante. Hand-painted Falkland in Olive and Magenta.
Here is the 2nd 'Fee's Thank You' which has more grey.
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