so, later Friday night after pulling the wool/bamboo blend out of the steaming pot, I decided to toss in 2 oz of the punta wool to soak up the dye that drained out into the pot (mostly teal, maybe a little of the green mixed in), heating it until the dye exhausted. then I dumped the rest of the diluted green into the middle of the pot and let it heat until that seemed exhausted. and then I looked at the clock and turned it off and headed to bed.

at some point Saturday afternoon I heated it up again and added some of the leftover Peacock dye (again from last month) into three places around the edges (and let the final drips hit wherever they would) and heated it until it looked like it was exhausted. left it in the pot to cool.

late Saturday night, I drained it (and since the water was nice and clear I didn’t bother with gloves. my fingers did not turn blue/green this time) and rinsed it and set it out to dry.

I love the semi-solid-ness of it. here it is dryed & braided:

next up - the other half of the punta wool and some wensleydale wool

Finished size: about 5 1/4″ square
Yarn: Classic Elite Flash (held double) in a yellow-orange marl
Needles: Size 7
Pattern: Grrr by Alice Bell, Knitty, Summer 2007

Started: June 2007 …
Finished: knitting - January 2008, embroidery - 23 August 2008
made for: me

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I just realized I never posted an ‘after’ photo of last month’s fiber dye session.

so, here’s before:

and here’s how it looked after it was dry and braided:

brown wool base on the top, white wool on the bottom (braid)

I did good - wore gloves while actually using the dyes (mixing & putting it onto the fiber)
then I steamed the fiber and let it sit a while.

just rinsed it:

bamboo/wool blend fiber bit from The Fiber Studio. dyed in leftover Peacock (Cushings) from last month’s dye session

I think the dye on my fingertips is actually from the main chunk of fiber I dyed - most likely from removing the saran wrap, since the water wasn’t too colored while rinsing it.

so, here it is post-rinse:

the pink spot is leftover from last month too - it’s the Rose Cushings, diluted a bit.
the other dyes are diluted Green (Cushings) on the ends and Teal (Jacquard) in the middle.

I can’t wait to see how it looks dry.

I’ve got some Punta wool soaking for more fun with dyes tomorrow.

Irish Fair is upon us (much sooner than I expected. I thought I had another week!).

there are sheep herding demos, Aran sweaters galore, and I believe the Weavers Guild has a few people to demo spinning (and knitting?). not to mention the food, music, dancing, sports (rugby & hurling demos), and the vendors (I’ll be searching out the one with the sweets. why does Irish/English chocolate taste better than American? and why don’t we have Yorkies?)

I will be performing Saturday with the group Knocknagow. The rest of the weekend I’ll be soaking up the craic (Gaelic for good times, fun, something like that) and dancing in the ceili tent methinks.