So for the past 2 weeks or so I have been keeping the dye pots cooking away as I dye across the spectrum. I make up the grab bags as multi-packs in color families of reds, greens, blues, skin tones, naturals and mixed colors. This means I have to have at least 8 shades of red - red, pink, orange, purple, a bit of yellow, etc. to make up a red multi-pack. That's a lot of dyeing as each shade is a separate pot. I also like to use some of my painted fiber to make the multi-packs extra special. I'll make about 5 dozen grab bags for the show + a few extras because they sell well in the local yarn shops and in my Etsy shop.
The bonbons are the cutest. Each is a one-ounce roll of roving, coiled up and tied with yarn. I attach a business card so people know where it came from. So far I have made about 60 of these and I hope to make close to 100.This is a big order for me, but as school is out, the timing couldn't be better. So this past weekend, I dyed, weighed, packaged, and labeled fiber. I dyed just about every color I could think of, but I may be short of blue. Although the event isn't until May 20-22, I will be out of town before Judy and Marie leave. That gives me an artificial deadline of May 15th or so, but since that conflicts with the Asheville Yarn Crawl, my deadline moved up to Thursday. I chatted with one of the shop owners on Saturday, concerned that I was sending too much. Impossible! was the answer. They need the fiber for the show, and besides, it sells well in their shop, so no worries!
As it happens, I am dyeing for Smoky Mountain Fibers at the same time, so I will have lots of fresh stock!
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