The kids and I had a dye day on Friday. Well…2/3 of the kids. The middle one would rather play Nintendo.

This is a ball of roving that I had. I can’t remember the fiber type. I had two balls. The other ball is what you see dyed a few entries before this one.

OO…exciting..a photo of wool soaking in the sink (with vinegar)

This is Carmen starting on some of the roving. She even mixed the colors to dye with. We used regular food coloring and some of the neon food coloring.

The Liam really liked dyeing. He wants to do more.

This is some dyed roving all ready to be rolled up and nuked.

Fini!! All done and drying outside.

There are a few more photos of our dyeing experiment in my Photo Gallery. I’ve already started spinning some of this stuff and its looking neat. I’ve nearly got a bobin full and I’m going to try out Navajo Plying when I get it full. Here’s hoping I can figure that out.

I got better photos of the yarn that I dyed the other night. It definately wasn’t sunny, but it is better than indoor photos.

Hanging from the tree in my front yard. Look!! The grass is green!!

After I wound it into center pull balls. I’ve alread started a sock out of the one on the left.

I am packing and generally getting things ready for the retreat this weekend. (wheel - check, drop spindles - check, needle roll- check — You get the picture) I’ll be leaving tomorrow afternoon after the kids get home from school. I should be back on Sunday afternoon and have lots of photos to share.

You guys have fun while I’m gone…knit lots of pretty thing!!

I found the neon food colors at Wally World today and had a spare hank of fisherman’s wool laying around and this is the result.

Not very neon huh? Well..I think the one on the right looks kind of like springtime. I had fun doing it anyway.

Another not very good photo.

I’ll try to take more in natural light (if it’s not raining) tomorrow.