Dyeing...

Don't worry, it's not as bad as it seems!

Years ago, my Aunt Ruth introduced me to spinning. I loved doing it as we visited her in Indiana and then my parents gave me a spinning wheel for my birthday. I tried spinning at home, but it just wasn't working out, so it sat as a decoration in the office for 5 years.

This past week I was cleaning out the office and decided to give the old spinning wheel another whirl- yes, pun intended.

From Left to Right:

Some Alpaca, then wool, then a mixture of the two.

Then I decided to read up on dyeing the roving that I have. (I got bored with just white) So I looked up some people and found out that you can dye wool in a croc-pot!!! SWEET!!! This is what's sitting in the pot right now and it's time for me to go and pull it out... let's hope it actually works!