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Dye Party …

Posted on 08/18/2008 by Barb | Comments (0)
Filed under : Dyeing

Andrea and I attended a yarn dyeing clinic on Saturday. We have dyed roving and yarn in the past, but always with an impressive MacBeth-worthy cauldron of boiling, nasty, chemically dyes. Especially in light of her pregnancy (oh, did you know Andrea’s pregnant?), we were pleased when Needlework Unlimited offered a “dyeing natural yarns with cake frosting dye” clinic.

The weather was gorgeous and we did it out in their parking lot. Andrea and I had pre-registered, but some people just walked up and said, “Hey, whatcha doin’? Shur looks fun … kin-I try it?” (That’s the way people talk in Minne-soh-tah). And the instructor (Caitlin) was okay with that. (It’s a “Minnesota nice” thing … who’s going to say, “no, go away” … not us, that’s fur-shur.)

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It was just a laid back, almost a “chatting-over-the-back-fence” kind of day in the neighborhood, and we had some nice yarn when we were done.

I did take some notes and when I get a chance, I’ll write them up and add them to our DIY section. Steph will be in town next week and I hope we get a chance to do another dyeing session with cake frosting dye while she’s in town.