Monday, April 15, 2013
Plant colour
From eucalyptus bark and leaves, fresh woad leaves, NZ flax, and other plant material I found from around the garden. Some of these were soaked in alcohol to extract the colour. Most I dyed last year. I'm planning a garment. The yarn is all NZ handspun wool with a bit of alpaca. Just have a couple more colours to add to the mix including maybe some natural coloured fleece.
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When you say NZ handspun wool, do you mean Gotland wool Doe?The handdyed colours are rich looking. I am knitting (well trying to anyway) a cardigan from my GotlandX lamb handspun. The Espresso sweater from A Fine Fleece :-)
I'm adding some natural grey Gotland to the mix. How are you finding the Gotland/cross knits up Jody?
Hi Doe,
I know not all GotlandX is the same as it depends upon the cross, but the Gotland/Finn X we have is amazing! Our new lambs have less Gotland like 25 to 30% but it makes an impact. We are getting the fineness of the Finn with the pearl-like luster of the Gotland. My sweater is going to be stunning :-)Will post about it soon.
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