In anticipation of my upcoming trip back to France I found myself once again in a love affair with woad, the royal blue of France. I spent the day in the studio, immersed in bleu...here is the vat before I began dipping....I wasn't pleased with the color here (eye test) but my eye proved me a bit picky. All turned out stunning!
below are silk ribbons...center: indigo dyed a few weeks ago, right: deeper dyed woad, left: lightly dyed woad...note the difference in the hues
added my CVM light worsted at the bottom for comparison....
my end of the day; silks in the top photo are still drying, here are ribbon and yarn dyed in woad along with a run of Victoria (in honor of the royal wedding coming up!) pip-pip!and a bientot!
below are silk ribbons...center: indigo dyed a few weeks ago, right: deeper dyed woad, left: lightly dyed woad...note the difference in the hues 
added my CVM light worsted at the bottom for comparison.... 
my end of the day; silks in the top photo are still drying, here are ribbon and yarn dyed in woad along with a run of Victoria (in honor of the royal wedding coming up!) pip-pip!and a bientot!
Sounds like the perfect way to spend a saturday. Beautiful blues.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful blues! Soi sage and safe travels Nancy!
ReplyDeleteLovely! Will we be seeing some of those great bleu's come the NH wool thingie? Hope so!
ReplyDeletebeautiful Nancy!
ReplyDeleteThank you, thank you! I will have the happy blues at NH, yes!
ReplyDeleteOooh - we hope to see the woad at CT S&W in a few weeks, too. Hint.
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