Usually, to prevent the dye from travelling down the pans, I stuff dry wool down the sides to act as a barrier. But sometimes you get really cool results from the dye misbehaving.

Anyway, fingers crossed that these turn out as intended 😄

I like to try different techniques while I work. I'm hoping that as each piece is neatly wiggled side by side, the dye doesn't have to travel as far down through the roving. There are fewer gaps, too, which keeps the dye in place and prevents it from moving to where you don't want it to go 🧶

Thank you, Lisa 🥰

*unbranded is meant to be unbraided 🤭

Same image as above showing the same four batts, but below I've labelled each one of the braids. From L to R they are Whisper on Bfl/tussah, Lake Atitlán on Merino/tussah, Spring shore on Merino/tussah, and Blueberries on Rambouillet

Yay bendy gang! I got myself a wheeled saddle stool recently, and it goes up quite high so I can sit and stand at the same time - that's done a lot to help for the time being.

I own one, but it doesn't help me, unfortunately. It's a beast of a machine, though. I've shipped it off to a friend for her to play with. I think for me it's mostly down to standing for long periods and having hypermobility, so holding my ginormous head up just generally hurts 🤭

That's brought back a memory from yeeeears ago! Back in year 10, during the Easter holidays, I went camping with two of my friends on the moorland behind our house. We caught the sun during the day and woke the next morning to a sprinkling of snow on the ground. It was so strange 😳

Beautiful, isn't it! 🤩

Haha! Now I want to try dyeing noodles!

I love it!! 🍄