my first experience spinning ramie - far softer than I’d ever expect a bast plant fiber to be! it is naturally dyed with alkanet bark to this perfect pale dusty purple. …
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examples in plying
my samples for two & three plied yarns - this one is hand dyed three different ways! …
mossy green handspun yarn
Kettle dyed handspun wool yarn- call it a Mossy green …
clown barf
I affectionately call this one skein Clown Barf. Lightly felted wool spun in two singles and plied together. Teaching this technique in fiber class next week. …
natural dyeing with annatto seeds
Naturally dyed the wool fiber deep yellow with annatto seeds, hand spun- then stuck in the crimson red acid dye bath to soak up the excess- wish the photo did it justice- the color is surreal! …