Eye of the storm

Sometimes in the midst of chaos, you just have to keep crafting or knitting along, or in this case, dyeing and blogging along. 

Brief details:  Coreopsis tinctoria, an annual dye plant.  The top picture of it blooming is not my own.  I used flowers that I grew and dried about 5 years ago or so.  I keep forgetting to plant this each year since.  The yarrow is in my garden.  It has reseeded everywhere to the point of becoming pesky, so I threw it in the dyepot, the rusty iron one, to get green.  Same striping technique as before.  The colors on the left are more accurate, I think, but will have to wait for it to dry, as it will lighten up a bit.

I LOVE HOW THIS TURNED OUT!  Will skein it up tomorrow if there is time.   Then we're off to the wedding in Whitefish for the weekend.

Comments

[Camilla Engman]

Hello Iris,
Pleased to meet you!
It looks like you're having a wonderful time. I would love to color my yarn myself, then I could have exactly the color I want. I looks really lovely over at your place.