Here I am all decked out in my "mad scientist" gear, mwahaha! ๐
I only wear the mask when working with the dye in powder form to avoid breathing it in. When the dry dye is put away and I'm working with the liquid dye solution, I take the mask off. But, the rubber gloves stay on!
Not much variation to see in the picture showing the skeins of thread being painted with the dye. That's because the batch is "Grayscale" (only shades of gray) and the dye looks darker when wet.
The hand dyed thread all finished! The flower is in the picture to show that it's a color photo.
Very fetching!
ReplyDeleteYou're certainly my favorite mad scientist! Gorgeous color!
ReplyDeleteYou are the prettiest mad scientist I have ever seen!! :)
ReplyDeleteThat colorway looks great like all of your others!! :)
I love the ombre effect. I've used liquid dyes for threads but never powder. I always wondered if it would last. Now I know it will.
ReplyDeleteI will gladly leave hand-dyeing - painting! - of thread to the experts! It's still a great mystery to me, and you were/are a trailblazer! It's all quite magical!
ReplyDeleteThat is fabulous grey thread. Love it.
ReplyDeleteThanks, everyone! I didn't mention that I even have my own "Igor" lab assistant, my dear hubby Jan - he's not hunchbacked, but IS absolutely loyal to a fault and does the tedious scutwork of winding and twisting skeins :-D
ReplyDeleteI like your reason for wearing a mask better than mine: we discovered dry mold on my hymnal collection! Ugh.
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