Although the record hot weather really prohibited me from dyeing for nearly a week, I soon was back at it for as long as I could tolerate the heat. Generally, if I am home, I dye about 50 yards a week of whatever is needed for orders, colour plans, and just to keep ahead on stock. Last week, I got some textures overdyed, using my formulas. Here are a few of them. These are, from top to bottom, bosc pear, army blanket, primitive sky, red onion, coffee bean, tree lichen, and oriental red. The right side is burnt red, army blanket, jack o lantern, jessie’s antique, indian red, and pasture. Although I’ve dyed for 40 years now, I never get tired of seeing what results I get from the different textures. Such fun!
Well, at least to me, it is! I will be out of the country for the first half of September; revisiting France and an old friend. This has been planned for a long time, and it will be time soon to go. So, no orders will be processed for the last few days of August, into the middle week of September. I will be starting on them when i return, so please either e mail me or leave a phone message. If all goes as planned, I should have full communication as usual, but may not be able to reply immediately.
For some time now, I’ve been using and demo’ing this great iron. . both at home and at rug schools. It is the best iron I have ever owned, both for clothing and rugs but especially for fast and easy steaming/pressing of hooked rugs. In fact, I haven’t found a rug yet that it has failed to make lay flat in only a few minutes. I stock them in my studio, so if you would like to mail order one, e mail me. No more drippy washclothes and repeated tries for a flat rug! The price is $210. plus shipping.