Dyeing Wool Top

I was given 1 pound (.45 kg) of Rosie’s Wool Cloud Top.

I dyed the top with a rusty brown acid dye solution 

combined with an ochre acid dye solution at a ratio of 3:1.

It’s been cool and damp here lately, 

so I decided to skip standing in my driveway dyeing with a campstove and 

instead use a microwave to set the dye. 

I only use this microwave for dyeing.

I then spun the wool top with my HansenCrafts miniSpinner Pro.

It has a bit of a halo, which was a surprise.

I love the color, which ended up spot on for what I was trying for.

I don’t think that I would buy this wool top-

it feels rougher than I would want,

 but I’m going to ply with some Targhee that I’ve spun.

We’ll see if it gets used…

Cheers,

Judy