July 01, 2005
Roving, Roving, send ugly roving right over
Quickity quick yarn posting --
This yarn began as the ugliest roving you've ever seen. A crockpot dye-job gone terribly wrong. It was supposed to be reds and yellows with a bit of blue but as you can see, color theory reared it's (un)predictable head and gave me, what forever will be known as -- crockpot brown. Clearly my crockpot method needs some tweaking. Luckily, the yarn, though not what I planned, turned out pretty nice, if not a bit boring. It's 200 yrds of bulky worsted from a wool/mohair top
here's a roving I dyed yesterday and plan to spin up today. It was dyed in the handy dandy steamer basket, wrapped in plastic, on the stove. Ha, not that I wrapped the steamer basket in plastic, you feel me, right? I'm gonna try out some new tricks with it, thanks to some guidance from the...wait, I better not give my source away yet, if it turns out horrible, she shouldn't be to blame.
Posted by jacey at July 1, 2005 08:45 AMYeah, don't blame me until it comes out well!
I know Crockpot Brown all too well. Once you get over that hump, you won't have to worry about it happening again.
You are making a Vyvyan face!
Posted by: Adrian at July 1, 2005 11:49 AMthat crockpot brown is quite beautiful!! would look lovely with orange or muted dark limey green. or blue!
Posted by: jen at July 1, 2005 05:51 PMOh I know crockpot brown too. But mine I call cow pattie. Recipe: leftover grey romney roving, everyone elses leftover dyes from our dye party. Squish some here, stir some there. Bake at 200. Voila!
Posted by: kitkatknit at July 14, 2005 10:57 AM