Plying For Colour, Part 2

These are the yarns that I created during the workshop. (Deb Menz’s “Plying For Color Workshop”)
You can click here if you haven’t seen the first post.

I tried to step out of my colour comfort zone and pick colours that I wouldn’t normally choose.

The first study was hues.

We spun a roving and then picked rovings with the analogous colour right and left of the spun colour on the colour wheel.

The next study was value.

Saturation…

Complementary Colours (blue and orange)

I didn’t get to spin the next study for warm and cool but these were the rovings I picked.

The next study was to pick a random roving and ply it with another roving that has only one colour in common.

The last study was to pick two random rovings (outer skiens)
and ply them together (the center skien).

The first study and the last study results are my favourite.

Again, all the information for this workshop is in Deb’s book “Color in Spinning”.

I’m still grinning and I’ll have another post about the workshop.

 

 

 

Plying For Color Workshop

WOW!! What a weekend!  My head is swimming in colour.  I have learned a lot and I am trying to absorb it all, well… at least half of it.  I had an absolutely fantastic time, I am still grinning, ear to ear.

The workshop “Plying for Color” is put on by Deb Menz, author of “Color In Spinning”.  She is only doing 2 to 3 workshops a year, so we are very lucky to get her.  Well… rumors have it, that one of our guild members stalked met her at SOAR a few years ago and twisted her arm convinced her to visit Alaska and put on a workshop while she is here.  Qiviut might have been used as a bribe an enticement.

The workshop was put on in a workshop of one of guild members, this allowed us to leave our wheels setup for the 3 days.

Deb did not come up here empty handed. 

She sent 1…

2…

3…

 

tables full of hand painted rovings (mostly merino) that she painted herself.

These pics capture the colour a bit better though still inadequate.

We were all ohing and ahhing.

She also brought up samples that were beautifully photographed for “Color in Spinning”.  All the information she covered in this workshop is also in the book.

Deb is an exceptional teacher, she is soooo enthused about her craft/work and is such a hoot.  She kept us busy but not overwhelmed and was always ready to any answer questions.  I highly recommend taking a workshop from her.  One of the attendees flew up from Seattle to participate.

I’ll be posting more about the workshop.

Spring has finally arrived so I off to go outside and enjoy it. Ta ta.

I Have Homework

This weekend I will be attending a workshop offered by my guild (Anchorage Weavers and Spinners Guild). I am very excited about this workshop because the instructor is Deb Menz.  She is the author of “Color in Spinning”.

 

A book that I often drool over peruse.

She is also behind the design of Deb’s Delicate Deluxe, the Pat Greene drum carder that I own.

The workshop is “Plying for Color and Design,”  and we are invited to bring muti-coloured singles.  This was a good excuse to visit my local fiber shop, Far North Fibers.  My favourite fiber place to visit, Pamela is sooo helpful and always a delight to visit with.  She is also taking the workshop.

I selected some Ashland Bay multi-coloured merinos.

The colourways are from top right, clockwise,
Rosequartz, Daffodil, Cranberry, Laurel and in the center Denim. 

I wish I had homework like this when I was in school.

I filled 3 bobbins with the gray shetland singles but when plied (3 ply) it took 4 bobbins including a jumbo bobbin.

The 4 skeins total 8 oz, only 10 oz more to go.  This shetland is the first project that I used the long draw technique.  I enjoy using this technique, and I can spin faster employing it.

Well… gotta go, got homework to do.