My name is Charlotte, sometimes known as Ms Lottie, occasionally as The Slightly Mad Quilt Lady. This is my blog, where you'll find me writing a lot about my quilting and textile arts and a little about my family's life in a small seaside town in New Zealand. Haere mai!

Sunday, December 22, 2013

Hand Dyed Thread Lusciousness

These are the hanks of thread I've been dyeing.  

I want to eat them!

(Maybe Suz was right when she left a comment saying they looked like shrivelled Asian delicacies)


They are a beautiful silk cotton blend thread, almost the weight of perle cotton. 


I received a huge hank because that's how they sell it and I started to wind off 10 metre lengths.  Well that lasted for about five minutes - I could see a huge tangle starting.


It turns out you need the proper skein winding tools for that job.  So (gasp in horror if you like) I cut the hank in half and then I can pull out 1.3 metre threads.  I take out 10 at a time and knot them into a bundle and dye them like that.


So, so beautiful.  I can't decide which is my favourite.  
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3 comments:

  1. Hopes HandcraftsDecember 22, 2013 at 11:53 AM

    oh my yummy be-gizzers!! What a delicious display of delightfulness!
    Have a happy day, Charlotte!

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  2. RaewynDecember 22, 2013 at 8:24 PM

    Beautiful colours - what are you planning to do with them?

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  3. CaitJanuary 2, 2014 at 10:18 PM

    Oh they are so beautiful I would have trouble c.u.t.t.i.n.g.!!!

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