re: Sharing what you love with people you love

Cris W — Wed, 18 Jul 2012 15:38:13 GMT

Hi, Amy,

Like you, I let my daughter try spinning and weaving. She's in college now, and not interested in fiber arts, but, for her middle school science fair project, I suggested dyeing several skeins with onion skins, mordanting each one with a different mordant, and one with no mordant for a control. She took it a step further, simmering one group for half an hour, and the other for an hour. It turned out great - she got an A! I still have the skeins, waiting for a special project. My friend originally gave me the idea - her son did something a little different - one mordant, several dyestuffs. He got an A, also. Cris Welch