I’ve been dyeing fiber nearly every day for the past week and a half, and I think my cuticles are permanently blue. Nothing has sold yet in the Etsy store; I have nothing to replace, so tonight I’m taking a break. Here are a few of the latest Columbia/Dorset tops I’ve dyed, each in the 5-6oz range. They’ll go up in the store in the next few days; I’m adding new items one at a time as per the advice of other Etsy-ers. Including these I have 5 more already-dyed tops/rovings to add.

African Violets:

Raindrops on Roses:

Field of Flowers:

I’ve noticed that I like the results best when I say, ‘Hey, I have 7 partial containers of dye solution sitting around, let’s mix ’em all up and slap them all over the fiber.”

I’ve been spinning up the Lupin Bandit roving, and I’m about halfway through the second bobbin. If I can get this all spun up, I may get to ply it this weekend.

I’ve also been knitting away on the Simple Yet Effective shawl. To make sure it turns out a reasonable size, I decided to add in random stripes from a skein of brown Fibre Company Terra that I bought last winter to make a scarf for Jag (except that I stupidly didn’t ask what color he wanted, and it turned out he wanted green). It seems to coordinate well with the handspun and I’m getting to use up some really nice stash yarn (it’s a very soft silk/alpaca/merino blend).