Pretty Baby

A friend of mine is anticipating the birth of her first grandchild. She's asked me to spin up this merino-silk blend to make a special cardi. As you can see, it's just about natural, except for the hints of colour in the random dyed silk.
Since it came as tops, it's spinning up quickly and easily and getting me back into rhythm before I look at some of the spinning challenges I still need to tackle for my Spinning Class folio. And no, don't mention the word procrastination . . .

Random Acts of Colour

I taught a dyeing workshop on Sunday--"Any Colour You Like". I need my head read! Sunday was not a good day for me to teach anything, but thankfully I'm familiar with the topic and had a keen group of students. I think I must have siphoned off some of their energy, because I'm sure I didn't have enough of my own at the beginning of the day.

There are always bits and pieces of colour left at the end of a day. I love the randomness of just going with what's there. So I tipped all the leftover bits that looked like reds and yellows of any sort into one bucket and tied up a bit of fabric to go in there. Here it is:

I haven't rinsed it out yet, but it looks interesting.

My house is feeling even more random than my dyeing today. I got rid of various items of furniture when I packed up the house. They were things that weren't working for me and needed to be replaced. OK, now I'm home and trying to put everything away. I need to replace those items to stop myself going completely crazy. I had a very unsuccessful trip to Ikea yesterday! Meanwhile, I've at least managed to get the computer set up again. I'm trying to take one step at a time. Don't ask me why one piece of random-dyed cotton gets to be a priority when the whole house is topsy-turvy, but I'm going to finish rinsing it out now.