Hello there!
Hmmm I can here lots of noise going on... Christmas is not far away. Only next Sunday in fact.
In the southern hemisphere, it has been unseasonably cool - we haven't had one day of 42 degrees celsius yet!
In my last blog I showed some photos of efforts I made to dye some cotton yarn. Sadly the dye didn't take. I think I've worked out the issue however, I googled instructions. Consistently it said to soak the cotton in vinegar and water. That was really to strip it back to it's bare bones so the dye would take hold. Prior to dyeing however, I think it would have been better to thoroughly rinse the vinegar out. This I didn't do. So, sadly when I dyed the yarn with food colouring and attempted to fix it with salt, it did not take. In fact it was a failure. That's ok though, because it is all about learning from mistakes and being able to move on from thee.
I've not had a chance to redye the yarn as yet, but I promised I would come back and share my results from last time. Oh welll, I can have another bash at it tomorrow - once the housework, and the gardening is done.
Until next time. take care and enjoy your fibre crafts and see you soon. <3
