Archive for October 1st, 2007

01 Oct

Before picture

I have soaked, simmered and developed the cotton, still waiting for it to dry. After all my work, all that time sitting and treadling until I thought I’d go insane, seeing the yarn skeined off was rather satisfying.
For once I had enough foresight to take a before picture. It’s hard to see yarn that [...]

01 Oct

O RLY?

One more step. Develop the color by boiling in alkaline solution, rinse and dry. That’s it. And I’ll have two lovely skeins of cotton litmus test green yarn.
I have to wait until after dinner for that final step. I think I feel a little post-project-depression coming on. I’ve been working with this cotton so long [...]