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Thursday, September 1, 2022

Happy September and Sunflowers!

When turning the calendar to September, it ignites a whole different season, Autumn! September reminds me of sunflowers, cooler weather and a prequel to October which is my favorite month. I decided to make some batts from brown and yellow alpaca and a few accents to help. I looked at pictures of sunflowers, to get the sense of colors. 
I pulled out some Angelina, Starfire and metallic threads that I had in the perfect colors.
 (Pictured above is Starfire)
I cut up 3-4 inch pieces of shiny threads in fall colors.
(Pictured above are metallic threads)
This color was perfect to give it a coppery color.
(Pictured is Starfire on top and Angelina below)
I dyed some alpaca yellow but used some natural brown from our alpaca "Awan". The brown is a much deeper warm brown than the camera picked up.


The results of the first batt was close to what I envisioned. Blending became a challenge when I realized I broke the drive band for the carder, but to no avail, I hand worked the gear which took longer but I am not about to wait for the new one to get here. 
Pulling it off the carder was beautiful. Sadly, the camera didn't do it justice. The brown is a deeper brown and there are lots of shiny accents too. 


Onto the next batt and this one is coming out better than the first! 
Welcome to September and Sunflowers!