We celebrated a birthday this past week, the Mr is another year older. I whipped up a scratch strawberry shortcake and a version of his favourite soup as the meal of the day. Now normally I make this soup with leeks, but in keeping with my current experimental spirit and what ultimately resulted in a barely mentionable shift in the end result, I substituted onions.
....Onions you say??
Well... I needed onion skins you see... I have after all, a Very Important Dying Experiment going on here. And go on it did. Pulling the contents out of the numerous jars that have been sitting on my counter over the past couple of weeks was exciting to say the least. And I was not disappointed.
I'm not sure why, but for some reason I feared globs of greyish brownish goop, each indiscernible from the other, to plop from the jars into a massive colourless wad gathered at the bottom of my sink. Okay, I admit the Experiment did posess a very slight but fleeting resemblance to this at first. But after a quick rinse, cotton flosses in the softest of pinks and purples began to emerge, and further transformed before my very eyes by a quick dip in an iron bath causing my heart to skip a beat. Very very cool. I'm hooked. Even the Mr commented on the softness and beauty of the colours: "You did that? Wow!"
Now to practice my stitches and actually think of something practical to make. In the meantime I'll be popping by for bloggy visits; however, my commenting ability on blogger seems to be compromised for the time being, so those of you affected please know I am there until the problem is rectified.
Have a fantabulous week!! xox
My soft-coloured inspiration for this Monday morning, Janine! Happy week to you.
Posted by: Stephanie | February 10, 2014 at 12:13 AM
Gorgeous bobbins of colour! What a success!
Have to admit my Mr. responded in the same way to my drop spindle yarn...you made that? Wow!
Posted by: Laura | February 10, 2014 at 10:47 AM
Aha ... the dyeing bug has bitten!
I need to photograph my own dye work more. It is ongoing but as thinks often spend long weeks in jars I kinda forget to see them, and then in the excitement of looking to see what I've got I completely forget the camera :)
Posted by: Annie @ knitsofacto | February 15, 2014 at 06:39 AM
Oops, things not thinks!
Posted by: Annie @ knitsofacto | February 15, 2014 at 06:39 AM
Oh I can understand that Annie, the only reason I remembered to take any pictures at all is because it's so new to me and every step is a discovery to share! I expect the novelty will wear off and the process will become just another part of life, once I reach some level of competence that is ;)
I would love to see some of your results!
Posted by: olallieberry | February 15, 2014 at 08:00 AM