Tuesday, September 22, 2015

Sept dyefest, day 2




So this turned out to be the day that Summer turned her back on my neck of the woods. It even rained on an off late yesterday. All unexpected by a bout of intense wishful thinking on my part.

It's okay. Rain rinse is very good thing. As I expected there was some weakness in some dyes, but that's okay too. What was left behind is subtle and deep. I may decide to overdye some of these and even have thoughts of hand painting with dye. I found a beautiful calligraphy brush in the chaos.
I cut two large tablecloths into long strips about a foot wide and may make some scarves out of them if the rough hand of the cloth can be tamed by the dryer. Everything is in a raw state now so what you are seeing here is as ephemeral as the weather.

3 comments:

jude said...

yes, rain wash is grand

arlee said...

love the blue brown bits behind the bean

Judy Sall Fiber Art said...

Love the colors! Not too bright, but very rich! We got a real drenching yesterday... bye bye, Summer!