The post for this week was suppose to be on Masham Sheep wool but I pulled it at the last minute while I wait for information from Masham Sheep Breeders Association. I decided to try dyeing fiber in Ziploc baggies. Supposedly you can dye in the bags and it will prevent you from having to worry about temperature so much and the bag will keep the fiber from felting.
Here is what I did. I filled 2 stockpots with water and presoaked some superwash fiber(as a control) and some fawn angora. 
Then I thought maybe I should hang the bag inside the stockpot so I grabbed a couple of wire coat hangers and bent them over the stockpots.
I then put the dyebath into the 1 gallon ziploc bags and added the fiber. I thought to use a clothespin to hang the bag but could find only one. It wasn’t really necessary anyway as the hanger helped to keep the bag in place. I brought the water to a boil for about 30 minutes and then turned it off to cool over night.
Superwash control fiber
Angora Fiber test
Next Post: update on how the fiber came out of the dyebath
