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SISKIYOU SPINNERS
DYEING DAY 2006!

At the home of Janell Roseman
Etna, California

L to R: Bennie Davidson, Janell Roseman, Sandra Tye, Nancy Burns, Susanna Black, Norma Parry, Pat Williams, Miriam Lowry, Pat Emerson, Donna Rolph, Linda Peck


MIRIAM'S SKEINS TAKING ON COLOR

MAKING A 40 FOOT SKEIN


SANDRA IS AMAZED!

SUSANNA AND DONNA WORKING ON LOCKS

NORMA DECIDING ON COLOR

SOME OF THE RESULTS!

JANELL WORKING ON SOME ROVING

JANELL'S ROVING AFTER DYEING!


SAMPLES OF JANELL'S ROVING SPUN.
The skein on the left is done with the roving split lengthwise into fourths and Navajo plied.  The one on the right is split into eighths and Navajo plied.

MIRIAM AND NORMA DOING MICROWAVE DUTY!

UNTANGLING A 40 FOOT SKEIN!

PAT WILLIAM'S MULTI-COLORED SKEIN (THE 'TANGLE')

PAT'S BEAUTIFUL THREE COLORED TWO-PLY SKEIN
For a photo of the hat knit with this yarn, go to the GALLERY page!

LINDA'S FIVE COLOR SELF-STRIPING SKEIN
AND HOW IT LOOKS IN A NORMAL SIZE SKEIN (BELOW)

GROUP SUGGESTIONS MADE THIS SKEIN SO NICE! HERE IT IS SKEINED WITH A NORMAL NIDDY NODDY  (BELOW)

LINDA'S CHRISTMAS SELF-STRIPING YARN
AND HOW IT LOOKS SKEINED UP
(BELOW)


SOCKS MADE FROM THE GROUP SUGGESTION SKEIN!

SOCKS AND GLOVES MADE WITH THE YARN!!

THE DAY I DYED IN ETNA

A SUNNY DAY IN SUMMERTIME
THE FRIENDS WERE GATHERED ROUND
TALK OF OLD TIMES, TALK OF NEW
THE TABLES DID ABOUND
THE TREES WERE SHADY, COOLING ALL
AND COBBLER THERE WOULD BE
THE DAY I DYED IN ETNA
WAS A DAY YOU HAD TO SEE!

SELF-STRIPING YARN, OUR GOAL THAT DAY,
ON FORTY FEET OF SKEIN,
EACH SECTION THAT YOU DYED A HUE
WOULD LEAVE A COLORED VEIN
SOME FOR SOCKS OR HATS OR GLOVES
SOME FOR YOU AND ME
THE DAY I DYED IN ETNA
WAS A DAY YOU HAD TO SEE! 

WITH YARN AND LOCKS AND ROVING
ALL WHITE, A CANVAS BLANK -
AND DYES JUST LIKE A RAINBOW,
THE SKEINS ALL IN A HANK.
“FIND THE YELLOW” SOMEONE SAID
“IT’S VIOLET FOR ME!”
THE DAY I DYED IN ETNA
WAS A DAY YOU HAD TO SEE!

WHAT WOULD RESULT FROM ALL THE FUN?
SOME DAY WE ALL WILL KNOW
AS NEEDLES FLY WITH DYED STAINED HANDS
AND ALL THE PROJECTS GROW
TO DYE ONE DAY AND LIVE THE NEXT
TO TELL THE TALE WITH GLEE
THE DAY I DYED IN ETNA
WAS A DAY YOU HAD TO SEE!

© 2006 SISKIYOU KNITS

 

A SKEIN BY SANDY TREMBLAY
DYED AT HOME


PAT EMERSON'S YELLOWS SKEIN


SOCKS KNIT BY PAT WITH THE YARN (at left)


BENNIE DAVIDSON'S HANDSPUN YARN
DYED PINK


BENNIE DAVIDSON'S OTHER HANDSPUN SKEIN


NORMA PARRY'S YARN DYED!


PAT'S DYED YARN BEING MADE INTO A SCARF!

 


GAILE CARR DYED THIS HAND SPUN SILK
 AT HOME


ANOTHER SKEIN DYED AT HOME BY GAILE CARR. THIS ONE WAS TYE-DYED!