Two Failures and One Success

[affreca]

Craftwise, at least. Tried making goat korma on Monday, and it failed. Recipe depended on garam masala for most of the spiciness, and it was to sweet. Will look for other recipes, and try them out veggie first (cheaper than goat meat).

Tried dyeing brown wool green(er) today with Procion dye. Proved it was wool by how it reacted to the washing machine (thicker and fluffier, no longer looks worsted), but it did not take the dye. Haven't decided if I will try it with RIT, or just have a thick brown dress. And learned to look up washiablity before I try dyeing.

Strung up the loom for an even more complicated pattern, ram's horns. It involves turning the cards differing directions in batches. I strung the loom a bit to loose, but managed to add some tension by adding another peg. Played with the pattern a bit, and it looks nice. I know how to do it better next time.

Comments

[ninja-tech.livejournal.com]

Ah...I miss doing crafts! Besides matting and framing pictures and prints that have sat in my closet forever, I don't really have any projects on my radar. Well, will do the best with what I have I guess...

[lisichance.livejournal.com]

I've never had luck dying wool in a washing machine. Last time, I did it in a pot on the stove, and it worked ok though not perfectly. I was trying to turn tan wool black. It came out a lovely, just slightly heathered, deep charcoal. It looked really good, but just wasn't quite black.

[affreca.livejournal.com]

I started by following the instructions, which involved using a pot or bucket (and my dye pot was to small for 3 yards), but it was to warm to sit outside stirring so I put it in the machine after I added the activator.

Sad, because this was my trial with Procion.