This last Saturday’s spinning guild meeting was quite fun and educational. We had Dr. Elizabeth Barber giving a lecture on ancient textiles. She was quite engaging and funny. Lots of interesting info. Ellen and Jerry were there, too! You can read more about the lecture on their blogs.
Then during Show & Tell, Ruth introduced us to the Caracol dye.
Caracol dye comes from the Caracol snails. No snails are harmed to get the dye. They release the liquid when handled in a certain way. Maybe a defense mechanism? The dye goes on the fabric kind of muddy green. After it is exposed to sunlight it turns magenta. Fascinating. You can see pictures of the snail on Ruth’s blog.
I always love your photo essays! Love that squid in particular. If you check my blog, you will see you have an award
Thank you Jane! That’s really sweet of you.
I think it’s my first blog award EVER!
I’m with Jane, loving your photo essays! There are some really gorgeous knitted items, the BSJ! that beautiful shawl, and yep, the squid :^)
I’m totally intrigued with the Caracol dyeing process! Thank you!
(I’m apparently still down the rabbit hole :^)
Jill spun the yarn and knitted that BSJ. I wonder if she dyed the fiber, too? Mindi’s mystery shawl was absolutely gorgeous in person.
Are you lost in the rabbit hole in Italy where that giant pink rabbit is?
How fun! I so wanted to go to the meeting hear the lecture and see you all!
I’m really happy for the changes that may be happening in your life, but will be so sad to see you go if you do! I really hope that things work out well for you and CB and can’t wait to hear more news about your potential move.
We missed you at the meeting, Katie!
You are the world traveler. I’ll have to get some advice from you.
Jason, do you have any idea where the pattern for the cute squid might be found?
It’s her own pattern. I’ll email her and see if I can get it for you. Meanwhile, I found something similar on Ravelry. Take a look:
http://www.ravelry.com/projects/h2ocolor/squid-dosidicus-gigas