Maggie Mockeridge dyed three balls of yarn last Sunday by injecting colour with a syringe. When I steamed these three balls on Monday, I realised I would trouble getting them dry. Fast forward to Wednesday when they are just as damp as on Monday so I skeined them and hung them up. Dry this morning!! The colour does not show up well. Where the photo shows subtle variations in colour, that's real! Very attractive. The other skeins were all dry by Wednesday and await the next Guild meeting when I will return them to their owners.
I have managed to wind on the ghost warp on the Megado and it is all ready for threading up. As usual, the threading is not a nice repeat and so I have created a draft to help. This uses the threading as a liftplan so I can raise the next shaft and that's the one that needs the next thread. Works very well. Not an original idea. I read about it on Weavetech.
I have not done any homework for three weeks in Creative Textiles so spent the evening preparing for tomorrow. Cutting and Bondawebbing on to calico to make a bag. I cannot do any machining because the machine is being PAT tested (PAT = Portable Appliance Test). But it is looking good. I hope it will look even better after tomorrow!
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