Thursday 3 December 2009

all things bright and colourful

Many thanks for all your barefoot comments:-)

heres a quick round up of my experiment on Sunday

Take this

fibre project 043

Add this (not used for food)

fibre project 044

Add some colour

fibre project 046

And get this!!

fibre project 052

18 comments:

Sharon said...

What gorgeous colors you produced in this roving! From the previous photo of the wool in the steamer I would not have dreamed that these glorious colors would be the result.

murgelchen said...

Oh, wonderful colours.
LG,
Helga

LOVE STITCHING RED said...

I absolutely love these warm vibrant colours, but, oh I am so annoyed. I got rid of one of those steamers two years ago at a car boot!!!!!! Ouch!!!!

Maggi said...

Gorgeous colours.

Lace-lovin' Librarian ~ Diane said...

Beautiful! I've never heard of those steamers before... maybe I should take up dyeing so I have a reason to purchase one! ; )

Julie said...

Wow! Who'd have thought? I'm with Sharon, what a surprise!

Anonymous said...

Interesting!!! Having said that, I'm voting for the "cool" option.What a fascinating process.The inter-weaving certainly shows off those colours to their best advantage.

Unknown said...

fantastic colour range - great results

peahen said...

Wow, that's really inspiring - and you have some beautiful fibre to spin now. Can't wait to see what this makes.

Sally H said...

Wow! Stunning colours!

Grace said...

Amazing! The colors are so vibrant and beautiful.

Woolly Bits said...

yep, great colours - and to think that I steam mine in an old pasta pot:(( I should have better equipment too:))

neki desu said...

hmm! that's an idea.how long did you steam it?

Ann Christy said...

Wow - I think I might have to put a steamer on my Christmas list - first I need some instructions as to what you do to get those yummy colours!!!
How about it?

Guzzisue said...

ok, I will post links to useful sites in my next post :-)

Arty Lady's blog said...

This is just fantastic. The colour is gorgeous. Everytime I use food dye I get mud!

Guzzisue said...

I had thought about food colouring but resorted to acid dyes to get the depth of colour.

Sue Wild said...

Really luscious colours, absolutely gorgeous