At last I’ve had a chance to take some photos of the finished skeins showing the lovely colours we got from the dyepots at our October 16 workshop.
I usually leave this particular dyepot to the end of the workshop because the colours are so beautiful and the changes so dramatic when you shift the pH by putting the skeins in different afterbaths – in this case, the skein on the left was put into a pH3 solution (water and a bit of vinegar), while the one on the right was soaked in a pH11 solution (water and washing soda). The skein in the middle was left as it was right out of the dyepot.
We had an abundance of lobster mushrooms in this area this year. As you can imagine from looking at the image, they aren’t hard to spot when they’re emerging from the moss or the forest duff. I’m just now getting ready to fire up my own dyepots with the lobster parings I’ve been gathering over the past month or two.
More colours to follow.
SHROOMWORKS 
Hi. Do you sell the lobster dyed yarn? OR do you know of a source? THAnk you in advance. JANET
Hi Janet: I don’t have any yarn dyed with lobster at the moment – last year was a very poor year here, and I haven’t found many yet this year. If I find some, would you like me to let you know? This would be handspun, not commercial yarn. I don’t know of any other source, sorry.