Well even if the third try didn't succeed it's a done deal now as I've thrown away all those avocado pits and skins ~ probably at least a dozen. And won't be saving any pits in the future. Am done with the avocado dyeing but not with avocado eating.
Heated up the pits in water over and over since the previous attempt to get flesh tone. Then realized there might be some pinky flesh liquid left from a flesh dye for Polly. Did that when she was hooking and it turned out too pink and saved the liquid. So put two tablespoons of it in the pot with the avocado liquid and here is outcome from THIRD and FINAL try.
This was the second try below.
And the first attempt.
There was incremental progress after each attempt but baby I'm over the avocado thing. Even if I decide not to hook 3 Cousins in April at least I've a nice mellow flesh tone.
Last Sunday I spent several hours photographing Icelandic Lopi and a few patterns to list on eBay. Yesterday I spent a few hours taking more photos and listing composition doll heads, doll pattern, vintage feed sacks and quilt patterns. If nothing sells all that just might take a trip to the thrift shop.
Today think I'll do some sketching for the potential next project. No, haven't decided what is next yet. Still have one corner of Winter Bloom to hook and the remainder of Friendship Bells to bind.
Happy Sunday.
Saundra
Remember my last unsuccessful try at avocado dying? This is what the before and after looked like then
So I pulled out all the avocado pits and the skins and put them in a pot to try again. This is before the water was heated numerous times during about 3 days. There are about 10 pits and fewer skins.
This is the result. Frankly it doesn't look much darker.
Someone commented previously that..."it looked like more trouble than it's worth". That person was certainly right but thought using ALL the avocados would give me better results.
Okay, truth be told I did have an intended use for the wool. I was hoping to get it close to skin color.
There is a little pink in the skin but need for it to be beige too.
Perhaps I should try putting the wool back in the pot with the remaining avocado juice but this time with a tooth pick of light pink in the pot. I'm thinking about hooking the 3 Cousins design in April with Cindy Irwin. But that is about 5 months away and who knows how many times I'll change my mind about project by that time.
Saundra
Aren't they three cutie patooties? That is me in the middle and my cousins Barbara (left) and Rachel on the right. We were standing on my grandfather's sidewalk where we used to lay on a blanket between the huge trees in the front yard and watch the cars go by. We also caused our share of havoc to his hay bales and grape arbor.
Well, I was the one who used the curvature of the concord grape trunk as a horse. I didn't have my horse Richie at that time so perhaps it was the encouragement of pop-pop that my father finally gave in.
This was back in the day when it was safe for us to roam and play all day with no worries. We three would go 'treasure hunting' in the woods behind us and saw a snake which seemed to be the size of an anaconda to a child's eyes.
We used to play school at my aunt's house down the street (my cousins' grandmother) but Rachel always wanted to be the teacher and tell us what to do. Hmmm, Rach, you wanted to be bossy even back then 😄. Love ya Rach. I miss those innocent childhood times.
Rachel and Barbara weren't twins, but if one cried the other would cry too; I found that unusual even back then. Guess they were really bonded. There is another sister, Marty Lou, but she was much too young to hang with we three musketeers.
I'm 5 months older than Rachel and on my birthday she will call to teasingly remind me I'm older than her.
Anyway......when going thru my pattern stash to reduce it, I came upon a design I'd planned to hook. This was planned a few years ago and the
linen only partially drawn as I gave up the idea. The features were not clear enough for me to get a good drawing and all of a sudden it seemed too overwhelming to achieve.
No way it would be a narrow cut, was thinking mostly #8 and have facial features like Deanne Fitzpatrick does on her people. It was drawn 20 x 30 and with November rug camp near it won't be worked on anytime soon. Or I could flip it over and draw an antique adaptation on the other side instead. Whichever I decide it will wait a while.
Saundra
