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Saturday, July 5, 2008

Local Fiber

Our guild project theme this year is "Local Fiber"

My plan is to buy some fiber from an animal raised by a guild member, dye it with natural dyes, spin it, and knit it into mittens or a hat for myself.

So far, I have bought the fiber. Icelandic Lamb fleece.



And dyed the first part of it with some beets from our CSA box

It didn't turn out the golden color I was hoping for, more of a pinkish tan. I didn't get a picture of it yet.

Next, I hope to try some carrot tops, also from our CSA box.

I can't start spinning until I finish another spinning project to make lace weight yarn out of what's left of the gorgeous wool/silk Pebble path.