Sunday 13 June 2010

...dyeing to stitch.....

Don't these threads just make you want to pick them up and hug them?!!




..... a lovely ball of hand-dyed mixed yarns....

...cotton and silk in yellow/pale brown shades....

...and a bundle of yummy other stuff on top!

Stitching has commenced on a piece of linen dipped in potassium permangonate...




...just running stitch in a pale silk thread that hardly shows but creates a texture.

Pieces of cotton have been dyed in red/brown shades...



...and Kuba shapes cut out ready to put onto the background cloth when the running stitch is done...



It feels nice to have a needle in my hand again :-)