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into the pot with the lot:
looking lovely and purpley and getting darker and darker......
actually what went into the pot was a bit more than the empire 2 ply. I bought some local wool: 'lovestory', made from icelandic wool which has two fibres (and is a bit scratchy next to the skin, but it very light to wear as it is super warm)
The long coarse hair of the outer layer,'tog', repels water. The inner layer is 'þel' which is shorter, softer and fluffier.
Love story is lace weight (1 ply) made by Hélène Magnússon, (check out her web site)
so here is what i got:the photos are pretty close to the real colours too
blues through to lavender
from the left the darkest denim blue had the longest time through to the lighter blues that had shorter times in the pot. I put a couple of hanks from the pot in a plastic container and tucked it under the bed for a week and then reheated them over night to get the darkest blue. The blues are really lively and vibrant.
(the lighter lavender blue on the far right is the lovestory sample)
from my dyeing experiments i have realised that the superwash treated wools take up the colour with greater intensity and as i am obsessed with lace weight wools i've found the Empire 2 ply merino really suits my aim of creating an extensive set of colours and shades of colours suitable for embroidery.
