Just as I have been dyeing, carding and spinning lots of colors into my yarns, I've been selected for an Etsy Treasury featuring - what else? - natural colors. Not that I am complaining! I love natural colors and just fininshed plying up several skeins of naturals that I have spun up over the the last few weeks. I wanted to finish the last few pounds of medium brown roving (since the new batch was a tad different in shade) and I like to accumulate a few skeins to wash together so my natural skeins don't pick up any errand dye that may come from washing dyed roving or yarns. Yes, I wash my yarns after spinning to release any dirt or spinning oil left in after processing, The yarns have a much nicer hand - softer & fluffier - though they do shrink a bit. However I think that is much fairer to my customers. They get a truer hand and yardage.
Here is the Naturals grab bag that was featured. If it sells by the time you read this blog post, just look in my 'Felter's Paintbox' category. I just keep them coming!
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