Dye It

I have been wanting to learn to dye my own wool to achieve the colors I want, especially greens.  A friend gave me a dyeing lesson last fall.  We used a plant from my garden to produce this color:

                                    Dyed roving and felt

What plant might it be?  Eucalyptus!  Some eucalyptus (you know, that gray-green tree) are only

marginally hardy where I live, but I love them and keep planting them.  The last one came down in a

storm, and I saved the leaves for a friend who is very skilled in natural dyes.  She boiled the leaves 

(very aromatic) outdoors, let the dye pot sit overnight, boiled it again, added the wool and soaked it 

until we had achieved the intense color above. Who'd a thunk it?

Finished!

My student, Katherine, finished the wet-felted landscape that she started just today.  Fabulous!

"Aspen"

Day 2 of Wet-Felting Class

More beautiful work from students in my wet-felted landscapes class!  Still have some finishing to do, but they are wonderful!

Dreamscape

Another lovely work by one of my landscape felting students: I call it a "Dreamscape!"

A Model

This is a model for a class I am teaching on wet-felted landscapes, will update you about the class 

Wet Felted Landscapes

Some lovely work from the first day of my "Wet-Felted Landscapes" class.  We started with small

works to learn the process: next week, larger works!  My students rock!

Two recent works

A sweet, needle- felted kitty by one of my  students:

And a recent work by me, using "thick and thin" yarn hand spun by a friend: