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Here's the promised photo of the dyed yarn. The skein on the left is "before" and shows the natural white of the Rambouillet wool. The two on the right were mordanted with alum and tartaric acid, then dyed with goldenrod flowers. The color doesn't wash out and is certainly bright.
I have three skeins of white wool remaining, and plan to dye them with black walnut hulls, which give a rich reddish brown color. Then I will use the two colors together in a project, probably a hat and scarf or hat and mittens.
For anyone more curious about the book shelf than the yarn (as even I might be in many cases) here is a picture showing most of the books (click for larger view.) The case is one of four that Gary made for me back when we lived in Chicago. He very nicely unhitched them from the walls in my study there, cut them down by one shelf height (our house had higher ceilings there, having been built in 1877 or so) and reinstalled them in my study here at the farm. This one holds mostly computer books on various architectures, languages, and operating systems. And yes, I've read most of these.
Going down to 49F tonight they say. First time below 50F in months if that actually happens. I expect fog in the morning, even though things have been fairly dry here for a week or more.
I have three skeins of white wool remaining, and plan to dye them with black walnut hulls, which give a rich reddish brown color. Then I will use the two colors together in a project, probably a hat and scarf or hat and mittens.
For anyone more curious about the book shelf than the yarn (as even I might be in many cases) here is a picture showing most of the books (click for larger view.) The case is one of four that Gary made for me back when we lived in Chicago. He very nicely unhitched them from the walls in my study there, cut them down by one shelf height (our house had higher ceilings there, having been built in 1877 or so) and reinstalled them in my study here at the farm. This one holds mostly computer books on various architectures, languages, and operating systems. And yes, I've read most of these.Going down to 49F tonight they say. First time below 50F in months if that actually happens. I expect fog in the morning, even though things have been fairly dry here for a week or more.
