More small steps

I have a busy bee over these last few weeks and made quite a few small steps to hopefully being where I would like to be in time.

I am still waiting to hear from the Lancashire Federation Womens Institute to see if I have been successful with my audition. But keeping my fingers crossed....

To stop myself thinking about it, I have been.

I have been making kits to hopefully sell.

Making tutorials for my workshops.

Carding more wool.

Making items for a craft fayre I am doing this weekend. 

As well as my normal job!

A spot of recycling

I had some  fleece left that had far too many bits and some that had bright blue tips in to do anything with. So today I used them to line my hanging baskets! 

Will it work? Time will tell. I will let you know...

I alway set to washing a Jacob fleece today for a friend of mine.

Lovely colours! What a busy day!

Not the red and green I had hoped for....

Mmmmm this dyeing business isn't as easy as I thought it would be.

 Well with food colouring it isn't.

Off I went to Asda and came out with 5 colours and some white vinegar ( because you tube said so). Got home wool and colours at the ready.

I decided just to start with red and green, how lovely and bright they looked in the bowls, on my white sink in my white kitchen. I was a bit scared....

I followed the you tube video (do they still call them videos)  to the letter! 

But something went wrong. What? I don't know?

Not very red or green. But on the bright side I have a lovely candy floss looking pink, in places anyway and a white with a touch of sunshine as the paint tin would say..... 

Going to try 'proper' dyes next.