Many classes use all the colors of the rainbow (and more!), but in the Spinners’ Color Lab with Deb Jones, students made rainbows of their own, in roving and yarn.
Mixing a certain number of “starter colors” into hundreds of other colors kept the rainbows coming. Deb reported 200 skeins of yarn (more than 5,000 grams) and 1,300 grams of roving were dyed in two days. Students worked as partners dyeing solids, gradients, speckles and more.
After the dyeing and drying, students spun the singles into one-of-a-kind yarns that might look like keepsakes, but are sure to be used in other fiber works. We hope to see those on a return visit!
Happiness is being surrounded by color!
Although there were no rainbows that week, we’re lucky to be able to easily find the glow of morning and evening color in the waters and skies of the island.
Looks like so much fun… I don’t know how to spin but I love the dyeing parts and I can learn… Maybe next year Ill have to make two trips to Sievers …
Hugs to all,
Vicki
Hi Vicki,
Dyeing of all kinds is fun…predictable and unpredictable! We’d love to see you more than once each season!
Take care,
Carolyn
I love the beautiful colors! They will make wonderful projects..
I’m missing my Sievers and Washington Island fix this year. Fingers crossed for next year. Caroline, your newsletter brings lots of memories to mind. Thank you!
Hi Karen,
Thanks for following along with this year’s classes! We miss you, too and would love to see you…anytime!
Hugs from all of us,
Carolyn
I don’t know how you can top this class for creativity! It is so wonderful seeing all the various colors of yarns in the pictures! Great job, everyone!
Hi Janet,
This was quite a class! It was like having two-for-one, the extensive dyeing and then the spinning. Very nice to see you earlier this summer!
Take care and say hi to Joe for us,
Carolyn