Cold water natural Dyeing

Well, in my attempt to be even greener and cheaper I have now started experimenting with leaving the yarn to dye in cold water. I read somewhere that if you have a cold water bath it just takes a lot longer. I will post up the results, but am expecting it to take a week.

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An update on the bees!

Well, the last colony just dwindled to nothing. The queen seemed to dissapear into thin air and the numbers dropped rapidly.
The last few months have been very depressing, after a great deal of effort I now have 1 very small colony, consisting of 3 frames!
I currently have them in a nuc and fed them today [...]

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Ever onward in the spinning department

Having taught myself to spin with a drop spindle I plod on and on with it. I am beggining to wonder if a spinning wheel might not be such a bad idea. I am rather ambivilent about it, a spindle is so much more portable, cheaper and takes up less space, but I only do [...]

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My 2nd ever homespun…..

Well, it took me forever and a day but I finally finished my 2nd ever homepsun item. The first thing I made was  a hat. To be honest this is hardly spectacular but we all have to start somewhere. I spun it on  spindle, I havent graduated to a spinning wheeel yet.
I am currently crocheting the [...]

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