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Elderberry Wine……..Sept 19, 2006

Kim Kaslow

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I betcha thought that this would be about wine…hehe…..(I’ll save that for another day, ask my DH…it is a favorite subject of mine 🙂

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I have had so much fun over the last few days playing with dyes, and have discovered alot about what I like and what I don’t like when it comes to color….and how very hard colors are to capture with a camera!

When I dyed up the skeins of yarn last week, I used the saran wrap method of dyeing that I have seen so many time on blogs and websites.  This was a new to me method and I got results similar to what I see on different websites.

Today I thought that I would try my tried and true method of dyeing roving with a new batch of yarn and I have to admit, that I was much happier with the results.  A more muted, blended yarn than the yarns from last week…….more like my rovings, which I like. I guess I am a muted kind of girl…and for you wise guys out there..it’s muted, NOT mute! (although, there are days that mute would work for me too!)

Peacock_sockyarn Perhaps some of my satisfaction with this batch is a different yarn that I am using.  Even though both yarns are merino, this new yarn that I picked up is much softer…..and no knots :-).

I will be bringing the first batch with me to Freyburg fair in a few weeks and will sell them at a discount because of the knot per skein (grrrr), but these new yarns will be going up on the blog, as I like them enough to buy them, and I will buy no wine before it’s time…(ok, sometimes I drink "Box O’ Wine…but shhhh…don’t tell anyone!)

Seriously though,  I can honestly say that I have so enjoyed working with the sock yarns, that I can see a lot more dyeing in my future…..and maybe some lace yarns as well :-)….wheeeee!!!

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As I end this post, I will leave you with the inspiration for one of the colorways……."The Song of The Elderberry Fairy"

Tread quietly;
O people, hush!
–For don’t you see
A spotted thrush,
One thrush or two,
Or even three,
In every laden elder-tree?

They pull and lug,
They flap and push,
They peck and tug
To strip the bark;
They have forsaken
Snail and slug;
Unseen I watch them, safe and snug!
(These berries do us no harm, though they don’t taste very nice.  Country people make wine from them; and boys make whistles from the elder stems.)
Cicely Mary Baker
If you have stayed with me this long….you can see where I got Elderberry Wine from…LOL!

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  3. I’m an old hand at picking Elderberries. My mother made EB jam every summer and it was always my dad’s favorite flavor. And yes, I can tell them apart from the pokeberries that always seem to grow nearby. 😉

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  4. I’m an old hand at picking Elderberries. My mother made EB jam every summer and it was always my dad’s favorite flavor. And yes, I can tell them apart from the pokeberries that always seem to grow nearby. 😉

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