![The Circle of Owl Love](https://photos.smugmug.com/Fun-Stuff/The-Zoo/i-XF2VXCS/0/8cdd7c63/M/IMG_7703-1-M.jpg)
Remember all the owls in every color I'd dyed?
![many of my hand-dyed thread colors](https://photos.smugmug.com/Fun-Stuff/Dyed-and-Gone-to-Heaven/i-hRXzhcg/0/cb24875d/M/53710FEF-011F-4737-8C53-736C9FBE225B-M.jpg)
And all the butterflies in every color I'd dyed?
![rainbow threads](https://photos.smugmug.com/Fun-Stuff/Dyed-and-Gone-to-Heaven/i-bJzq4kf/0/de05ddc9/M/IMG_0606-M.jpg)
This is the mountain of cotton yarn I used to tie the hanks of thread I dyed. I used to use black acrylic yarn to tie the hanks, and I used to use the ties over and over and over. Until one day while natural dyeing a hank of cotton yarn that needed to be nuked for a few seconds... The acrylic yarn caught fire and melted. The cotton yarn got some unexpected color. I found a stinky way to make pure black... Ha ha ha!
![dye scraps](https://photos.smugmug.com/Fun-Stuff/Dyed-and-Gone-to-Heaven/i-QzP9Q8T/0/de730fe7/M/IMG_2463-M.jpg)
So I started using cotton yarn for ties, which resulted in a lot of short pieces of really pretty colors. The day before we left for New Mexico, I started three different projects I hoped to finish during the drive. One was double tiny bear crochet for a friend who just had cochlear implants and who would like to decorate her hearing aids with Velcro charms, including tiny red bears. One was a hand-quilting project I began back in about 2003 and hope to finish this quarter. (Time is running out!) And one was this snazzy one-of-a-kind scarf.
![ball of fun](https://photos.smugmug.com/Quilts-Plus/In-stitches-crochet/i-dqT42mj/0/9158375c/M/IMG_2557-M.jpg)
![coming right along](https://photos.smugmug.com/Quilts-Plus/In-stitches-crochet/i-5kbLTpC/0/27bc0c12/M/IMG_2556-M.jpg)
![a new project](https://photos.smugmug.com/Quilts-Plus/In-stitches-crochet/i-fVVDBpk/0/0d19c97f/M/IMG_2554-M.jpg)
I got a bit done on each of my projects. The day after we got home, I decided to finish one. The scarf won.
![Finished!](https://photos.smugmug.com/Fun-Stuff/Dyed-and-Gone-to-Heaven/i-ZvBwhVj/0/5a29d6ca/M/DLA128861-M.jpg)
This was such a fun project! I can't wait to dye more thread now so I can collect another mountain of dyed cotton yarn ties! I have ideas bubbling in my head...
![bundle](https://photos.smugmug.com/Fun-Stuff/Dyed-and-Gone-to-Heaven/i-qKtK6Mb/0/ff6e2742/M/DLA128864-M.jpg)
![50 Shade of Gorgeous](https://photos.smugmug.com/Fun-Stuff/Dyed-and-Gone-to-Heaven/i-zJMBqw2/0/fc8c7c59/M/DLA128869-M.jpg)
![fringe](https://photos.smugmug.com/Fun-Stuff/Dyed-and-Gone-to-Heaven/i-GQF8DGd/0/9b0909ff/M/DLA128880-M.jpg)
![detail](https://photos.smugmug.com/Fun-Stuff/Dyed-and-Gone-to-Heaven/i-jV6Wc7M/0/8ce8d03c/M/DLA128878-M.jpg)
![Long and Lush](https://photos.smugmug.com/Quilts-Plus/In-stitches-crochet/i-WwPM6Jk/1/15c757c0/M/DSCN4398-M.jpg)
![bundled up](https://photos.smugmug.com/Quilts-Plus/In-stitches-crochet/i-jdvTc8F/1/3c72bc8b/M/DSCN4404-M.jpg)
![I Love This Scarf!](https://photos.smugmug.com/Fun-Stuff/Dyed-and-Gone-to-Heaven/i-84j4RJR/0/cc99e3c0/M/DLA128862-M.jpg)
Linking up with Busy Hands Quilts and Confessions of a Fabric Addict.
That will sure keep you warm indeed. Haha even I could make black that way.
ReplyDeleteHa ha! Everybody could make black that way, Pat! I solved the natural dye dilemma!!! :)
DeleteYou are going to need that scarf this week......the bomb cyclone is upon us!!
ReplyDeleteYes, indeed, GrammaJudyB! It did get just a bit cold last week, didn't it? Looks like spring finally is coming, though!!!
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