aw man!! i spent hours and hours making a beautiful asymetrical poncho, made to the specifications of the buyer, a nice mesh pattern with some neat little designs. i worked for two days (about 7 hours total) just on the loop fringe. she wanted "cocoa" in cotton. so i did it up in peaches and cream and dyed it tonight. and some of you may recall the LAST time i dyed something, it was eaten by the washing machine. well!! i learned my lesson from that. this time i agitated it for one hour on the 'delicate/hand wash' cycle. once again, the color is great. but this time, everything dyed but two itsy bitsy tiny spots on one of the tassles is white, not cocoa. egad!! every time i dye something, there's something not right about it in the end, but always something different each time. is this an omen??? maybe i should give up that dream of alpacas and sheep and spinning wheels and dye baths in my retirement years...maybe i'm not ment to dye, and should just leave it to the professionals.
