Place: The Hermitage at Daylesford [ about a 40 minute drive away on sunny country roads ]
The cast: the gorgeous Zoe from Purl's Palace which is my favourite YS [ can't be a LYS cos it's not really local ], and nine adventurous ladies some of whom I'd met previously. One of these was Pat who'd driven the 3+ hours from Apollo Bay last night. Oh, and moi of course.
The occasion: my first workshop for Purl's Palace... Shibori Dyeing on Silk
The specs: Gaywool Dyes on medium Habutae, 8 minutes in the microwave.
Here are some of the girls stitching serenely in the sunlit courtyard
The result: judge for yourself :]
Pole wrapping
and a happy face
and a happy face
Pleating, folding and clamping
Stitching and tieing and the latest in fashionable headgear
Just look at how saturated those colours are! I luuurrve these Gaywool dyes. 
It was a bit rushed towrds the end mainly because of the time getting them all through the 2 microwaves and I really didn't get to recap so maybe a slightly less leisurely lunch next time but otherwise nothing I'd change. Doing the much more labour intensive stitched and tied ones first was definitely the way to go.
Don't know which is warming me up more: the sight of the sun on this snowy day we've got going on over here or all those rich colors! I suspect it may be a combination of the two. In any case, it was a welcome sight!
ReplyDeleteSusan, the shibori looks wonderful... particularly drawn to the reds - but then I'm a red girl, I guess.
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