I’ve been dyeing wool for spinning – and getting a bit carried away with it, it’s so much fun!
I happened upon this tutorial on Wooly Wormhead’s site, and it looked so much more do-able than I ever thought it would be! I had a fair bit of undyed/natural coloured fibre hanging around (for my feather & fan shawl – still need to spin some up to finish it!) so I decided to get out some food colouring and vinegar and give it a go.
I should have taken more progress shots, really – maybe next time – this is all I have for now 
roving laid out to dry/drain on towel before hanging on dryer
laid out to dry on laundry dryer thingy
I really like the results! I’ll definitely be doing more dyeing – I love seeing the way the colours come out, and then spinning them up is a whole new experience! I’m spinning up the ‘Mallard’ one now – it got a teensy bit felted so is coming out a bit ‘rustic’, but that’s fine. As I was half-expecting to come out with a load of brightly coloured but felted boiled wool I’m still chuffed to bits!
You can tell how carried away by the whole thing I was – I even gave them names and braided them like ‘proper’ rovings!
'Something Wicked' - 96g white NZ lambswool hand dyed
'Mallard' - 85g oatmeal BFL - hand dyed
