Spinning, untangling, knitting. 8 repeats in!

More untangling

Plying and late night untangling

Package prep (added leader on spindle, picked wool, skeined more Lovikka, twisted mini-skeins) and a pitiful two rows of Woodland

Plying and untangling

Made tiny skeins to dye for fibreshare. Plied a bit

Untangled some yarn and blocked stray swatches

Untangled more of the lace skein. No picture 'cause boring

Finished up the green yarn.

Tried out hackling with some of my hand-dyed commercial top: lots of waste, messy diz job but lovely results

Balled up tons of yarn and cast on a brioche cowl. Pattern has missing instructions so need to frog a row already

Wound yarn. Made yarn. Wove yarn. YARN YARN YARN

Skeined, washed, dried, reskeined. Result is 351m of lovely squishy gorgeous sock-ish weight merinoyarn!

Spun some more of my hand-dyed merino, and reskeined some yarn. The lace was broken in two places :( But since I already got a correction as they had sent me chunky instead of sock yarn, I'm just going to avoid that yarn from World of Wool. Said belated sock yarn is on the left, and has been reskeined as smaller groups to try and dye stripes.

More acid dyes.

- Didn't forget the acid in the plastic wrap method this time. Colors still a bit paler than planned: need proper measuring gear.

- Get protection glasses and a better mask 'cause this won't cut it.

- It looks like stuff felted again. Not sure which step is the problem, need to do steps separately, let it dry and see. I'm probably too impatient when cooling off the bath.

- Gradient yarn with kettle dyeing: nope, won't work. Probably need a flat pan for it to behave. I think I'll overdye it with darker green anyway

Soooo!

- The merino felted a bit. Manipulate it less next time.

- Mix the acid in the dye to use the wrap-and-steam technique! Had to bathe it instead, which probably caused the felting.

- The core of the merino didn't get very colored. Probably needs more diluted dye so it soaks in better.

- Colors are super spotty. More dye and more stirring next time.

- Pasta / steamer insets work super well.

- Get proper chemistry gear to weigh the dye. Better "spoon", those small plates, and a better scale.

Overall I'm still super happy. I'll probably overdye the chunky yarn because it's too pastel right now

Spent most of the class picking colors