Dyeing Skeins for Weaving

 

Reno Fiber Guild members were treated to a dye workshop with Diane S. (former co-owner of the Just Our Yarn Company).  Diane showed us the methods she used when dyeing skeins for her former company.  The skein she is holding up in the photo  at the left isn't her method.  Instead she showed us how to paint a few different colors on each skein in a more random pattern. 

The photo to the right is the array of dyes prepared for us to use.  There were so many choices, it was hard to pick just a few.

 

These are skeins painted by Anni B.  They were allowed to batch for 48 hours and then Anni rinsed the excess dye out of them and enjoyed the wonderful color display.  Wonder what she will weave with these beauties.

 

 Diane dyed one skein black for a guild member.  The others are examples for us to follow and then the outside skeins are ones in which she used some of our leftover dye.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Skeins to the left were dyed by Igor and Beryl.  Looks like brilliant parrot colors, don't they?

 

The group of dyers had a fabulous time.  There is nothing like dabbling in color to make your heart sing. 

 

 

 

 

 Kathy W.'s skeins are in the photo below.  What colors - what possibilities!

 

Sandy R.'s skeins on her drying rack.  Brilliant colors and lots of blue skies!

Jann S. chose some lovely colors for her skeins - turquoise, fuchsia , orange and purple

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Suzanne W. has some lovely yarn to work with.  She was especially happy that Diane's techniques reduced the amount of water needed to rinse out the excess dye.