The shop will be updated today at 11 a.m. ET. I’m still experimenting with hand painted and speckled yarn using natural dyes, and I dyed my first skeins with black hollyhocks this month. I really love the shade of blue they resulted in! A friend gifted me with a flat of dyer’s coreopsis and that has been in my dye pots recently as well, resulting in lovely shades of deep orange. You’ll also find a new batch of lavender patchouli goat milk soap, and a few things from Jonny as well.
I’m so grateful for your encouragement and support! It means so much to me and to my family. Thank you!!!
Ravenna says
Love these so much! I bought some of your goldenrod fingering last year and I love it. Most of my projects these days are in worsted. Have you ever thought about working with heavier yarns? You’d have a customer here for sure. 🙂
Ginny says
Thank you!!! I will have worsted and dk in my next shop update! 🙂
S says
The rolling pin is gorgeous! If I didn’t already have a wooden rolling pin already (from my grandmother) yours would be in my cart. Beautiful!
Bianca says
Love to see your yarn and I love to read your blog. I haven’t had any time this year to do any dyeing….how do you find the time? It amazes me. You must be organized. I really can’t believe all that you do!
Cecily Graham says
What beautiful yarn! I especially love the skeins in the top photo. Just lovely.
Rebecca says
Ginny, how do you rinse your skeins until the water runs clear without felting them? I’ve tried putting them in the kitchen sink and running cold water, then taking each skein and squeezing it out under the running water, but this takes forever!
Ginny says
Hi Rebecca! I rinse them in five gallon buckets of water. I don’t ever hold them under a running stream of water, I fill the bucket and then add the yarn and gently squeeze it. 🙂
Kelly says
I am so grateful for you sharing bits of your life here — thank you for sharing <3
Michele says
So beautiful! You do such beautiful work. I would love to get into dyeing, just for myself and not to sell (although probably not natural dyeing at first). I am just curious — is there a lot of waste of yarn (or dyes?) while you are learning or even when trying a new color or technique? I know you wouldn’t want to give too much away about your process, but I would love to learn a little more about dyeing in general.
Unfortunately, I will have to look without buying today. Waaaah!
Love and blessings,
Michele
Ginny says
I haven’t had too many skeins that were ruined. Actually, none that were ruined, but a few that weren’t very pretty! Most of the time, if I am not happy with a color I overdye it until I am! As far as wasting dyes, I typically exhaust most of my dye baths before I pour them out. My favorite natural dyeing book is Jenny Dean’s Wild Color. I have only barely dabbled in acid dyes, but a book I have that seems good for beginners is called Hand Dyeing Yarn and Fleece by Gail Callahan. I know there must be tons of similar books out there, but that is the one I bought many years ago.
Deanna says
I have to say that I love getting notifications in my email that there is a new post from Small Things! Love the blog and sharing your life with you.
Ginny says
Thank you, Deanna! That makes me smile this morning.:)