Thursday, August 31, 2006


I had not tried dying my mohair roving, so this week I gave that a go. It was also an experiment in hand painted oven dyed roving. The last time I had dyed mohair it was in the locks which I then worked with combs. This time I wound up felting the mess of it. I don't know how that happened- but mohair likes to gob together just sitting around on a shelf, so I'm not at all surprised by the long colored strips of felt I produced. At least I was only doing a small trial run. It was slighty spinnable, but made my fingers tired. I do like the way that the pink, plum, grey, blue and white all meshed together in this marled 2 ply. I think I am going to have to stick with dying finished yarn.

4 comments:

Lilith Parker said...

It's really pretty, despite being a PITA. :)

Anonymous said...

it's beautiful!

Julie said...

Wow, great colors. What does it feel like? (I'm sooo not mohair-savvy!)

Thanks for the drying advice...I think , after four days, my cotton is finally dry enough to put away. (Still a little scared to wind it...)

Kristy said...

Hi Sarah! Thanks for your lovely comments on The Spinner's Tale!

The mohair *is* really gorgeous! It's too bad that it felted, but it still appears to still be useable yarn! Maybe spin it up a bit at a time to give your fingers a rest?

I also just tried dyeing some kid mohair on the weekend. A lot of fun; will definitely experiment with again!