Dyeing

Some days I want to gough my eyes out.

And other days, I am saved by the beauty in things like this:

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Depth and light.

It’s 100g of 20/2 cultivated silk. First dyed lightly in weld. Then dyed in marigold. And finally overdyed in madder. It’s absolutely gorgeous in the skein. And I am grateful for the light it brings into my life. When all else is dark and despondent, I am thankful that I can see and see beauty in something as simple as colour.

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About Felicia Lo

founder + creative director of SweetGeorgia // designer + dreamer // wife + mama // dyer, knitter, spinner, weaver, youtuber + author // been writing this blog about colour and craft since 2004 // see what I am making @lomeetsloom and @sweetgeorgia.

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22 thoughts on “Some days I want to gough my eyes out.

  1. Roxanne says:

    Beautiful! I agree…colour can really bring some joy to a day :)

  2. Roxanne says:

    Beautiful! I agree…colour can really bring some joy to a day :)

  3. Janice says:

    Absolutely beautiful. I’d wind it cast on immediately.

  4. Janice says:

    Absolutely beautiful. I’d wind it cast on immediately.

  5. Veronica says:

    Working with that would be like handling sunshine! I’m such a colour-whore that I almost bought of box of Purdy’s candy jellies just for the colours alone. I’m glad that you’re putting up pretty pictures regularly again.

  6. Veronica says:

    Working with that would be like handling sunshine! I’m such a colour-whore that I almost bought of box of Purdy’s candy jellies just for the colours alone. I’m glad that you’re putting up pretty pictures regularly again.

  7. Jenn says:

    Forgive the drool all over your blog, but you just made yarn in my wedding colours! So faboo!

  8. Jenn says:

    Forgive the drool all over your blog, but you just made yarn in my wedding colours! So faboo!

  9. janet d says:

    i love this coloring! beautiful

  10. janet d says:

    i love this coloring! beautiful

  11. Kris says:

    That is so pretty I don’t think I could stop gazing upon it. Just beautiful.

    Hope life brightens up for you a bit.

  12. Kris says:

    That is so pretty I don’t think I could stop gazing upon it. Just beautiful.

    Hope life brightens up for you a bit.

  13. Ruinwen says:

    Wow just georgous tones of honey and sunlight! :)

  14. Ruinwen says:

    Wow just georgous tones of honey and sunlight! :)

  15. Dani says:

    Its so good to see what you have been up to! Beautiful dyeing… Overdyes really do give yarn that depth we need on a gray day :)

  16. Dani says:

    Its so good to see what you have been up to! Beautiful dyeing… Overdyes really do give yarn that depth we need on a gray day :)

  17. Louisa says:

    Very pretty colours! Plant dyes are so much fun, aren’t they? Guaranteed to coordinate.

  18. Louisa says:

    Very pretty colours! Plant dyes are so much fun, aren’t they? Guaranteed to coordinate.

  19. liza says:

    Hi Felicia, I love having you back.

  20. liza says:

    Hi Felicia, I love having you back.

  21. Leigh says:

    Absolutely yummy! (And I don’t even like orange :)

  22. Leigh says:

    Absolutely yummy! (And I don’t even like orange :)

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