Two weeks of "kiddie" illness and hectic seasonal fervour at the end of term has resulted in not much blogging recently! However, the Easter weekend has been really enjoyable: catching up with prodigal friends; singing in a highly successful Faure requiem; a joyous (and feminist!) sermon on Sunday and an excellent array of family and food through out.
In addition, a chance conversation on Saturday morning has led "Pure Alchemy" in a totally different direction - perfect for the summer and beautiful too. A customer phoned to enquire whether the Patons 4 ply cotton would be suitable for canvas work and if so, what colours were available. We had a general chat about the qualities of the yarn and she mentioned that she may well buy some white in order to dye it to her required "stone" shade.
This led me to thinking about why we couldn't do the same for the Pure Alchemy range. I did a bit of research on the net which led me towards Procion dyes which I don't happen to have - so, just to see, I added a skein of white cotton with the next batch of "acid dye" merino. I have to be honest - I'm really pleased with the results; let me know what you think!
In addition, a chance conversation on Saturday morning has led "Pure Alchemy" in a totally different direction - perfect for the summer and beautiful too. A customer phoned to enquire whether the Patons 4 ply cotton would be suitable for canvas work and if so, what colours were available. We had a general chat about the qualities of the yarn and she mentioned that she may well buy some white in order to dye it to her required "stone" shade.
This led me to thinking about why we couldn't do the same for the Pure Alchemy range. I did a bit of research on the net which led me towards Procion dyes which I don't happen to have - so, just to see, I added a skein of white cotton with the next batch of "acid dye" merino. I have to be honest - I'm really pleased with the results; let me know what you think!
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