The weather was absolutely lovely. Just slightly cool, gentle breeze, cloudless blue sky. So amazingly rare here in vermont. I'd been gathering LOTS of onion skins, and I threw a bunch in a pot yesterday to steep. I turned on the heat, and simmered them for a couple of hours before adding fiber and yarn. The fiber had been mordanted in Alum/COT, and the yarn was just cleaned (since mordant isn't needed for onion skins).
I dipped them both in all the way, and then pulled them out a bit at a time to create a range of colors. The yarn skein was tied tightly in a number of spots to create bands of undyed or yellow yarn (color varies with how long they were in the bath). I'm not sure what I'll use the fiber for yet (4.2oz), but the yarn is for a swap (just shy of 200gm). Let me know what you think!
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