Dying to Dye

My wheel arrived! Well it arrived last week, but I have been playing with it ever since! I am certainly not a natural by any means. Everytime I tried to spin the wheel one way it kept going the other way, I mean it would unspin what I spun and the fiber would break. Muy frustrating! Eventually I got the hang of it and have been spinning lovely (yet kind of thick) singles that are incredibly over spun....but I digress. Practice makes perfect thats for sure! I dont have any pics right now, but I will post them next time.

In the meantime I have gotten this strong compulsion......to dye. As in dye roving so I can spin yarn in the colors I want and create my own colorways! Wouldn't that be sooooooo coool? There are so many people online that dye their own roving and it comes out so pretty, alot even sell them on Etsy.com and have little businesses. I probably won't go that far because lets face it, I can't stand still long enough to start a business.

So I went and bought a pound of wool blend roving (very cheap stuff, good for a beginner) and a dye kit that comes with 8 dye colors, gloves, mixing cups, bottles, a face mask, eye dropper, and a booklet on how to get started. All I need now is the vinegar and we are good to go!

The dye kit came from Hello Yarn and the roving came from Spunky Eclectic, both very good online stores for spinning stuff. So now I am going to try my hand at dyeing....I will be sure to post pics of my first colorway! I am thinking comic book inspired.....yes that is a good idea.

P.S 25 Weeks til Disney!