tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6698697238692601738.post5139787648477397339..comments2023-09-05T07:03:59.822-07:00Comments on Woolly Bits - Everything Textile: my hands in too many pots?Woolly Bitshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11961632742998726155noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6698697238692601738.post-11551171690583302172007-11-25T15:28:00.000-08:002007-11-25T15:28:00.000-08:00I hope it works out - my husband had to eat a lot ...I hope it works out - my husband had to eat a lot of avocados:)) I did think of drying the skins first, but I had no time to chop up the seeds then and just stuffed everything into the freezer. I read somewhere that careful drying should leave the pigments in better form than freezing, but so far I haven't had negative results with it! the only colour change was with gorze flowers! when I pick them very fresh and use them immediately I end up with a bright lemon yellow - if they just sit for a few hours, are frozen or dried, I always have a golden yellow as a result - strange! no difference whatsoever with the rest! well, the exciting thing with natural dyes is that you never know in advance what you end up with:))Woolly Bitshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11961632742998726155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6698697238692601738.post-48953689481100332152007-11-24T01:40:00.000-08:002007-11-24T01:40:00.000-08:00I love the moebius scarf ooh! the lucky lucky reci...I love the moebius scarf ooh! the lucky lucky recipient.<BR/>I am interested in how you get on with the avocado skins. I saw this demonstrated at Colour Congress 2002 and came back full of the desire for the red. I had little luck but I had to use dried avoacado which Carol Leigh(Lee?) said did not work as well. I couldn't help feeling that working with trays of overripe avocados (which is what Carol used was slightly different from getting under ripe ones that had to be dried) as there were not enough otherwise. So I shall be very interested in how you get on! And no doubt very envious when your lovely reds appear. (I only got beiges)Helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05597640040480685246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6698697238692601738.post-74754257040299948412007-11-23T00:52:00.000-08:002007-11-23T00:52:00.000-08:00That photo is so good. Makes me happy to live in ...That photo is so good. Makes me happy to live in Ireland.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com