Creating a Rainbow

Aaron was away the last ten days. I've found that when he's traveling, it's the best time to try creative experiments that could be "a disaster." He is SURE that there's going to be an accident that destroys something and will usually try and talk me out of doing whatever messy activity I have in mind to do. So now, I do these types of things for the first time when he's away. Then I'll have ample time for damage control if I have an unfortunate event.

I browse a lot of blogs written by fiber artists and many of them dye their own fabrics. I've read about creating a graduated spectrum of colors several times and I've really wanted to give it a whirl. So....this past week was perfect.

These were done in three different batches using only four base colors (pink, blue, yellow and green). Duh, it didn't occur to me that it would result in one long gradation. I was tickled when I realized it.

It's not hard at all. I simply selected the two colors I wanted to work with and set up zipper bags of dye with the colors in different ratios. It doesn't take much space and if you're careful, it's not even that messy.

What will I do with them....as of now, I haven't the slightest idea. But one day I know I'll be glad to have them in my stash. I'm sure there will be more...playing with dye is addicting.