Although the pattern for these bowls is titled "Felted Nesting Bowls", it would be more accurate to descibe them as fulled nesting bowls (12 of 50). Fulling refers to the process by which a woven or knitted item is shrunk by subjecting the item to moisture, heat, pressure and friction, while felting refers to the process of meshing unwoven fibers to create a dense material by subjecting the mass of fibers to moisture, heat, pressure and friction. 
I used two different brands of 100% wool yarn - Paton's Classic in a burnt orange colorway and Lion Wool in a cadet blue colorway. The large and small vessels were knitted with Paton's Classic while the medium and extra small vessels were made with Lion wool. After fulling, the large and medium bowls were the same size...and the small and extra small were also similar in dimensions. Obviously, different wools full differently. I prefer the end products that were knitted with Paton's Classic and will probably stick with this brand for future fulling experiments. This was my first attempt at fulling, but I'm pretty pleased with the results!
Squishy, squishy merino...
and some fine domestic wool for fun!
Haven't been crafting much lately...work is getting in the way of my play time! Having said that, it's hard to stay idle, even when I'm tired. I looked through my growing stash of fibers waiting to be spun and came across this little bundle that I received a couple of Christmases ago. MM carded these batts for me and I love the sparkle that comes from the firestar fibers. The bright colours and sparkle reminds me of carnivals!
Carnival - mill ends and firestar, sport weight (plied)
I figured since I've been knitting, I deserve more yarn. Right? Right...
15 skeins of handpainted merino in fingering weight from Cherry Tree Hill
20 skeins of mostly bamboo/wool in fingering weight
I see quite a bit of socks and shawlettes in my future knitting endeavours!
This was one of those "Duh!" moments for me. While sorting through my yarn stash (yet again!), I found a skein of yarn that I sorta love. The rich jewel tones of the yarn is what draws me to it...but I can't abide the fun fur yarn that it was plied with! The yarn has been in my stash for a few years (circa mid 2000s when fun fur yarn and their derivatives were trendy).
With the help of my favourite top whorl spindle, I am unplying the yarn so that I can do something (finally!) with the gorgeous lofty yarn!
Here it is, all "unplied" and sitting pretty on the spindle.
And in it's final form - one happy shiny jewel hued ball of yarn ready to be knitted.
Now I'm off to find more "not-so-loved- yarns in my stash with the hopes of making them them more useable/lovable!
I rummaged through my stash of fibers and found more squishy undyed rovings to paint!
Lady Victoria (BFL)
My Backyard (BFL)
Colour Palette (BFL)
Fairy Dust (BFL)
Elves & Pixies (BFL)
Everything But The Spindle (Merino/Silk)
Gemini I & II (Merino/Silk)
Tropical Breeze (Merino)
Kiwi Splash (Merino)
Potion 4 Me (Merino)
Lavender Stalks (Merino)
Some handpainted, others dip dyed.
When I first embarked on my dyeing adventures (control freak and scientist that I am), I took detailed notes on all the dye combinations I used to create the dyed fibers...anticipating that I might want to re-create a particular colour combination.
Fast forward four years later and I've long given up on recording as I dye, much preferring to dye with abandon using whatever colours I mixed on a whim. So far, I'm happy with this process of creating one-of-a-kind-never-to-be-repeated-at-a-later-date dyed fibers.
Colourful Thing #1 - Dorset, 2.40 oz
Colourful Thing #2 - Wool/Silk Blend, 1.90 oz
Colourful Thing #3 - Wool/Silk Blend, 2.45 oz
And some dip dyed mystery wool rovings (received from a swap ages ago!) that were rather blah before dyeing...
True Blood - 1.60 oz
Teal Streams - 1.60 oz
California Cabernet - 1.45 oz
Translates to more experiments with solar dyeing! For this batch I decided to revisit dyeing with Wilton dyes. 
And at ~ 8:30 pm, I had several batches of dyed fibers waiting to be rinsed! Lovely!
But I ended up being distracted and didn't find time to rinse all the batches of fiber. Only got around to these two batches but I like what I see so far!
This has been an awesome week of dyeing experiments. I am well on my way to building a stash of fibers to knit and spin with when work gets less busy in the winter months!
Peach Peonies (Peruvian wool, 1.80 oz)
Terra Cotta (Peruvian wool, 1.80 oz)
Potion #13 (Peruvian wool, 1.85 oz)
Love Spell (Peruvian wool, 1.80 oz)
Oregon Seaglass (mill ends, 3.35 oz)
Berries n Cream (mill ends, 3.45 oz)
Campfire Glow (mill ends, 3.55 oz)
Copper Verdigris (mill ends, 1.80 oz)
Natural Amethyst (mill ends, 1.80 oz)
Very Berry (mill ends, 3.55 oz)
Trio of 100% woolen yarns in forest hues
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