A quick walk around the neighborhood today turned up the prop I needed for today's photo shoot - a colorful Sugar Maple leaf! I'm quite pleased with how my hand dyed thread looks in comparison to nature's beauty.
There's not much bright yellow showing in this particular batch, although I did paint yellow on. It sort of got blended into the surrounding colors - although some of the skeins show more yellow than others. My plan for a future batch
(a remake of "A Leaf Falls") will have more yellow in it and green, but no orange. Then, at some point I'll try to dye something with darker, brownish shades.
A quick walk around the neighborhood today turned up the prop I needed for today's photo shoot - a colorful Sugar Maple leaf! I'm quite pleased with how my hand dyed thread looks in comparison to nature's beauty.
There's not much bright yellow showing in this particular batch, although I did paint yellow on. It sort of got blended into the surrounding colors - although some of the skeins show more yellow than others. My plan for a future batch (a remake of "A Leaf Falls") will have more yellow in it and green, but no orange. Then, at some point I'll try to dye something with darker, brownish shades.
Marilee,
ReplyDeleteThis thread looks amazing. It matches the fall colors perfectly!
I LOVE this colorway! Maybe it's time for another Spinning Wheel! : )
ReplyDeleteTotally love the colour of that thread I just love the colours of Autumn!
ReplyDeleteThis one is early autumn and the one with more yellow would be later autumn. :D
ReplyDeleteOoh, you've got me salivating for fall threads, even though my A/C is out and I'm sweltering (at 9:00 p.m.) in a 90-degree house!
ReplyDeleteI'm too hot to tat, so (of course!) I'm reading the blogs. Looking forward to your new Autumn HDTs, as well as the glorious ones we have seen before.
So cool!! I think the Fall season is my favorite... getting cooler out, the leaves changing (oh, time to rake them up and play in them)!
ReplyDeleteYou know what I've been craving, though? Pumpkin Pie.... wouldn't it be so cool to have that colorway in HDT???
Wink, wink... hint, hint
LOL
Hmmm... that wouldn't be considered a custom-order, would it??
:-)
love love it.
ReplyDeleteHow perfect is that! Since autumn is my favourite time of the year (weather-wise)and the maple is one of my fave trees, this HDT is perfect. I have a little bit of this thread that I've been saving. Maybe it's time to tat some maple leaves.
ReplyDeleteMarilee - this really look like the actual leaf. It is fun (and frustrating) to see how the HDTs come out.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much, everyone.
ReplyDeletePumpkin Pie?? Well, maybe with whipped cream...cinnamon and cloves...hmmm ;-)
Lovely! I'll bet it tats up beautifully.
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