One of my favourite parts of dyeing yarn is the bit where you get to re-wind the skeins. Not only does it untangle all the strands so that they lie straight and smooth and sleek again, but it also breaks up any obvious patterns left by the dyeing process.
This is three skeins of 'Flow', in colour 'rosewood':
The two on the left have been rewound; the one on the right is still waiting. The skein that hasn't been rewound still looks pretty awesome, but the final transformation into the finished skein is like magic, and it 'gets' me every time.
What a difference that makes. It's never occurred to me to rewind a dyed skein - but of course, I always turn them into warp and/or weft.
Posted by: Geodyne | June 29, 2009 at 01:17 PM