Dye and dye again

So, I had a rough week and was really sick. Jason got back in town late Friday night and I picked him up at the airport. I had worked a 14 hour day and I wasn't sure how much energy I'd have this weekend, but there were some things I really wanted to do.

I was itching to dye some fabric again and Jason gave me a lecture about how perhaps I should just take it easy since I'd been sick. I appreciated the fact that he loves me enough to tell me when he thinks I've pushed myself too far, but I really wanted to do some dyeing.

So, I spent all weekend doing just that. Since my setup is less than ideal, as the rainy season sets in, I will have little chance to dye, so I'd like to get as much in as I can.

I'll post more pictures later, but here you see several of the colors I did this weekend. There are a few more pieces not in the picture and I have plenty of concentrate left to do more this week. Forgive the junk box and the ugly, deformed feet in the picture. It was a quick-and-dirty-grab-a-shot-just-to-have-a-post kind of thing. :)

I wish I had more time to dye and quilt. Unfortunately I got little quilting done this weekend. I must work on my pumpkins and my Christmas quilt..oh and finish the Halloween quilts...

This weekend's dyeing made me wonder about tint and shade. Typically shade is adding black to a pure color to darken it and tint is adding white. Since you can't add white in dyeing...what do you add? I have to do some research on this, but at the moment I'm thinking it's really just less of the pure color to make it lighter. Does anyone know where I can find some information on it?

Well, it's late and I'm exhausted. I know I pushed myself too much this weekend, but I really love dyeing.

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