In the past couple of years, I've been choosing to use more multi-colored fibers and yarns, and feeling slightly limited by the selection of weaving yarns available commercially.   Creating my own colors is becoming more appealing and also more of a possibility. As I experiment with dyes, fabrics, fibers and yarns, I will be adding photos and descriptions to this page.   Some of my 'practice' will show up this season with a series of handspun, handwoven scarves using hand dyed merino wool and silk fibers.  Some of these colors come from Mary Isham, a talented spinner and dyer I met through the Stowe Farmer's Market.  As I spin my way through the color changes, and then weave with the yarns, I'm developing a better sense of how the colors combine, what 'spaces' they take up, and how I might be able to manipulate the colors at each stage of the process.  So many questions, so many possibilities, and so much to learn! 
Some current examples:

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