In the Mordant Pot....

Here's two and a half pounds of alpaca yarn that I mordanted yesterday. The yarn simmered for about an hour and a half. I think there might be a silk sarong in there too. (Maybe I'll make that a rainbow sarong inspired by Shelley the Waldorf Mama.) So the alpaca has sat overnight in the alum and cream of tartar mordant (scant on the alum, heavy on the tartar). I'll rinse it out in the washing machine, and then it will be ready to dye. Maybe I'll get some osage orange and weld going this evening. I'm dying some of the alpaca green and some orange--had some special requests from the Phat Fiber group--and both of those colors need a strong yellow base. I also need to do some blue variegated and purple variegated. Who knows what else....