BFL dyed in bright colors:

And the mittens in progress:

First try at dying wool with Jacquard acid dyes.
First, started with BFL/Romney Cross (yarns, with locks, for comparison):

Then Skeeter with some Fall colors:

And BFL with some brights:

Mordanting a pound of BFL with alum and cream of tartar in preparation for dying:


Observations: got a reasonably dark purple, and now I can say I’ve tried food coloring, but I will be graduating to real dyes next, so I can get reproducible and predictable results. Enamel pots and other tools arrived today. Just remains to spin up the rest of the BFL.
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