After Dye Day

There was some clean up to do after last Weeks Dye Day. Some of the supplies could go out into the annex and some of the supplies have to stay inside under the shelves that hold our weaving yarns. I took the first tub that would go under the shelves and found a lot of stuff that didn't belong there, making it impossible for me to put the supplies away! A lot of it was random yarn that had been donated over the last year and never put away. There were also a couple of projects waiting to be woven or even wound into a warp. I pulled all of that out of the space I needed for the Dye Day supplies and took them to the table for us to go through so that they could be put away or given away. When I looked up I found that Marie had begun organizing one of the crowded cupboards we have for all the little bits of things you need when you have looms. Looks like I started something.

Meanwhile Patty was outside rinsing dyed skeins from last weeks "Dye Day". These skeins have already been hosed off and this is the first rinse. After lunch they will be rinsed again and hung to dry until next week in the annex.

After lunch and a small business meeting where we started filling in the schedule for our booth at the Foothills Guild Fall Show, we had "Show and Tell". Rhonda brought in the towels she had been working on here at the Center. These are towels woven in Fall colors in "M's and O's".

Judith finished a table runner for her sister that has been in the works for a long time, which means it qualifies for the "Unfinished Business Challenge" that will end next Tuesday! Mark has several placemats in Christmas colors for the shop upstairs.

Normally this is when I sign off, but of course we still have the skeins that need to be spun out and hung to dry. These first two pictures are of the skeins in their second and for the most part final rinse.

We use the spin dryer centrifuge a lot in this process spinning the extra water and dye out of the skeins. Here they are after their final spin, ready to hang until next week.

There are only 2 skeins that will need another rinse, but that will happen next week. Here are the skeins hanging in the annex. Next week we will be able to get some close ups of the final skeins.

September Dye Days

Over the Weekend I recieved pictures that were taken on the first day of September Dye Days. On these days the Dyers take warps and wefts that were wound previously, usually in Bamboo and in Cotton, and they were also pretreated with a mordent, so that they would accept the dye. (soda ash, I think). Carol, Jenny, Judy, Mark and Patty worked hard on Friday. I need to get a list of the weavers that came on Saturday, I will add them here when I do.

When I walked in the door this morning, I found many Dyers were busy rinsing the final warps and skeins. There were skeins and warps in buckets in the Kitchen and also in the bathroom!

There were also lovely warps and skeins on drying racks outside, Barbara was checking on these to see if they were dry yet.

That's not all! Show and Tell was full of dye day beauties, so let's get to it! Jenny brought in 4 skeins of yarn that she had dyed this weekend and also a handspun, handknit sweater she had recently finished.

Shannon brought in a scarf she had made from some of Sharon's stash yarn. It is so soft and the fringe especially!

Patty wove another scarf, and found that she had to beat a little firmer than usual to have the pattern show up like she wanted it to.

Pat made a shirt and a cap from some of her handwoven fabric. She is really going to all lengths to help add to our building fund!

Mark has a couple of skeins of yarn that he dyed on Friday and a baby blanket for the new Granddaughter!

Judy brought in some yarn that she too dyed on Friday!

Well done Weavers! Now back to the Center projects today. This morning Pat was getting close to finishing her rug warp on the old barn loom and by the end of the day she had cut it off of the loom and layed out 9 rugs! She has already chosen the colors for the next warp!

Liz finished a long warp of placemats and is planning a warp for Napkins to compliment them.

I too finished a project and brought it in today. These are the cards that I have made from bobbin lace. They will be sold at the Fall show in November to benefit our building fund.

I also made some progress on the sectional warp beam from last week. I went from 3 sections wound to 12 sections wound.

Hopefully I will finish it next week and get ready to do the same on Laura's loom. That is all for today, I hope you have a great rest of the week, Tina for all