
Sorry I missed y’all last week. Was out of town. But now that i’m back, prep continues for the Kool Aid dyeing class that I’ll be teaching at the WSU Country Living Expo in January. I went out on a field trip yesterday, seeking unsweetened Kool Aid packets in a variety of colors, and came home with this substantial collection

120 packets should be enough to dye about 60 oz of wool, so hopefully we’re all set there. KoolAid yellow (lemonade) is kind of weak, so we might just use regular food coloring for that.
In other news- while I was away, I got to spend a little quality time with my spinning wheel that lives in Florida

I just realized that I never gave this wheel a name, so maybe think on that one for me. I’m open to suggestions. Anyway, I brought down some indigo, cochineal and madder dyed wool from dye day and almost got through it all- need to finish up the madder singles here at home.

These might need a little more ply twist, but I’ll make the call after they are washed and finished. It’s always hard for me to tell with superwash.
And speaking of superwash- I just finished up a pair of fun and funky socks for a friend. All done but the toe grafting

and perhaps enough yarn remaining for some fingerless mitts? Yarn is Laines du Nord Eclectic Sock (colorway 02).
Ok- time to go. Momo is trying to eat my laptop

Take care, and have a good week folks-











