This past Thursday evening, New Pond farm held a dyeing class. Their Romney sheep, elevated on the plantation have been sheered earlier this spring on the annual Founders' May Fair.
After the sheep were shorn, the fleece was sent off to be processed. There it really is washed, spun and carded into yarn. That's where this class begins. The yarn (back again from the mill) was tied off into four ounce skeins, in it's organic winter season white color and was prepared for dyeing.
There were a dozen people there to learn approximately, experiment, create and have fun. Plan movie director Kristen Allore ran the program. The course was split into those who wanted to try their hands at organic dyes and those who want to experiment with meals grade dyes.
Kristen had collected pokeberries. Pokeberry is a native weed within this certain area. The key is usually to gather the same quantity of organic dye material to fiber you plan to dye. The pokeberries were removed from their stems, mashed and established to cook over the stove with vinegar as its' mordant. Note: distinct pots and items can extrusion systems be used for dyeing just. The total result was a beautiful purple burgundy yarn.
Mordant is a People from france word that means, 'to bite'. It allows the dye to adhere to the fibers permanently. Cream of tartar, alum, copper, iron and additional metals/chemical substances could be used also as a mordant.
I ran the food quality dyes. Kool Help, Easter egg dyes (pellets), Meals colouring and spices from your cupboard such as turmeric, chili powder and curry can be utilized. Vinegar was utilized as the mordant.
The yarn was positioned on a plastic bag having a cup propping up the center. The look is had by it of a moat. Two shades were mixed for every skein and placed around the yarn creatively. The white areas between the two colors had been massaged together for any blend creating a third color. The plastic handbag (with yarn inside) was covered, and heated in the microwave to create the colour. The outcomes were gorgeous variegated skeins of yarn.
Everyone was happy with the total results and looked forwards to experimenting further at home.
After the sheep were shorn, the fleece was sent off to be processed. There it really is washed, spun and carded into yarn. That's where this class begins. The yarn (back again from the mill) was tied off into four ounce skeins, in it's organic winter season white color and was prepared for dyeing.
There were a dozen people there to learn approximately, experiment, create and have fun. Plan movie director Kristen Allore ran the program. The course was split into those who wanted to try their hands at organic dyes and those who want to experiment with meals grade dyes.
Kristen had collected pokeberries. Pokeberry is a native weed within this certain area. The key is usually to gather the same quantity of organic dye material to fiber you plan to dye. The pokeberries were removed from their stems, mashed and established to cook over the stove with vinegar as its' mordant. Note: distinct pots and items can extrusion systems be used for dyeing just. The total result was a beautiful purple burgundy yarn.
Mordant is a People from france word that means, 'to bite'. It allows the dye to adhere to the fibers permanently. Cream of tartar, alum, copper, iron and additional metals/chemical substances could be used also as a mordant.
I ran the food quality dyes. Kool Help, Easter egg dyes (pellets), Meals colouring and spices from your cupboard such as turmeric, chili powder and curry can be utilized. Vinegar was utilized as the mordant.
The yarn was positioned on a plastic bag having a cup propping up the center. The look is had by it of a moat. Two shades were mixed for every skein and placed around the yarn creatively. The white areas between the two colors had been massaged together for any blend creating a third color. The plastic handbag (with yarn inside) was covered, and heated in the microwave to create the colour. The outcomes were gorgeous variegated skeins of yarn.
Everyone was happy with the total results and looked forwards to experimenting further at home.