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However, the rest were dyed with an American powdered drink called Kool Aid-no chemical fixant required! If it can do that, what is it doing to children's insides?!

They are fabulously easy to use though-make it up with some water, chuck the wool in and either boil or microwave. Or you can make them up concentrated and paint them on, then clingfilm and steam.

DSCF5653 by YarnAndArt

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Wensleydale wool

Heirloom easy care 5ply by pigeon pair

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malabrigo sealing wax by Cathy

Green Mountain Spinnery by Kelly Holtsclaw

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Thread of lincoln locks by MiA

Grønhøj Peru Wool Støvet lilla by Maria Fabæch

Wool Eater WIP2 by Judy Kerr

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Wildcraft Wool Batts - 'Air' by wildcraftuk

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The last in my series of 'elements' blended wool batts (earth had to be abandoned after I found Giles' the brown ryeland's fleece was too full of VM to be useful).

This is a blend of English wool from one of my sheep (Cordelia), tussah silk and British alpaca from Coldharbour Mill, plus a sprinkling of golden angelina. Inspired by fluffy clouds on a summers day.

Vera 148 yards handspun by Madelinetosh

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148 yards, cotswold locks, mohair, mill ends, sparkle and hand dyed wool

DSC08896 by Rachel Borello

Tomatoes and Leaves by Liralen Li

These are the green skeins I'd gotten out of the dye pot all in one go. The really dark green was dyed as yarn in the pot, the other two were added after the dark green was half set, to pick up the rest of the dye in the dye pot, as there was still a lot that hadn't been exhausted. I like pouring clear water down the drain as much as possible. The bottom of the greens, was put in as yarn and was spun from Paradise Fiber's Barefoot Blend, so it's Sock Yarn. The top one was just a couple of feet of the superwash Yellow Oops from the Wool Shed, which sells Brown Sheep seconds that I threw in and then spun finer for a different baby sweater.

These skeins will become at least one baby sweater and maybe some booties or a hat or something...

Red yarn by suprstaticwoman

Red dyepot. My attempt to get a deep dark red. I find the differences in how fiber takes the same dye fascinating. In this series of photos, the locks (carded into batts) were in a sample testing dyepot. The BFL/silk, silk, and yarn were soaked for 24 hours and added to the dyepot at the beginning with equal access to the dye. The firestar and merino were added to the dyepot near the end to soak up excess dye.

Blend of cardinal, plum, and spice brown dyes.

Patons Classic Wool Roving yarn by Catrijn vanden Westhende

color: taupe

Wool socks by Operation Eastwind

Four pair of wool socks is usually enough to get the average person through a week at Eastwind. Just make sure you air them out after using them.

pinkberry :: wool cover by emily werner

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o~wool

crocheted shawl to be by koskrisz

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Handspun lace yarn by MiA

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2 skeins of each 67 gr single thread BFL wool. Handspun and handdyed with blue food colour in the microwave oven.

kauni by Siri

wool 009 by whitey73

Handspun wool yarn by Jen

Two-ply wool yarn I spun on an Ashford traditional wheel.

Undyed merino roving, very soft and lofty. As much as I enjoy handdyed yarns and rovings, I also appreciate the simplicity of a natural color. I really like the way this yarn looks.

This was my first larger-scale plying project so some of it came out loose and kind of wonky. However, it's very very soft and light and would be great for a baby item. I think once it's knitted the sins of plying won't be noticeable.

155 yards 2-ply worsted weight, 11-12 WPI.

Cashmere Merino Sock by Kate Henderson