Chamomile and Quince

Yesterday I used up a gallon or so of leftover chamomile dyebath from last weekend’s Dye Day on some felt sheets (natural white and baby blue, aluminum triformate mordant, 6 days)-

I’m so pleased with how they turned out. No firm plans on how I’m going to use them yet, but together with the ones that I dyed with indigo a couple weeks ago, I’ve got a pretty nice selection of colors for making ornaments, toys, etc.

The yellow/greens are almost a perfect match for the giant quince that I just picked-

It’s not fully ripe yet, but I figured I should pull it since it had developed a big crack along it’s length-

Weird, eh? Just couldn’t contain itself, I guess. Anyway, we’ve got about 15 other, much smaller quinces on the tree this year, so I feel confident we’ll get some of them across the finish line- and maybe into some membrillo (?) 🙂

Been pulled away from the Alcott Cardigan a bit lately to work on some special-order socks, but I am now shaping for the arm scythes and v-neck, so things are progressing. I might need to spin a bit more taupe yarn of the right weight to finish it up…..

It’s been a pretty nice early fall here so far, but soon sweater weather will be upon us!