Another newbie post

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I have been on an absolute craft rampage of late, so this seems like the place to hang out. My favorite formats to work in are fiber and collage (and the occasional marriage of the 2). For years I've been dyeing silk scarves using flowers, vegetables and fruits and scrap metal bits, but after a long period of getting more subtle results than I wanted, I started playing with KoolAid. I overdyed some of the flowers/veggies scarves that were very pale, and also dyed a batch of new silks.



Mostly newbies:



I played around with an ombre effect:



And some overdye samples:



And tried again but made the mistake of using a straight pin to anchor the silk/wool onto a chopstick:



I thought it was a cute idea to embroider around the holes, but I'm a little too heavy-handed with my needle and I'm not sure how good it will look -- I've just done 2 holes so far.

I'm looking forward to seeing everyone's projects -- I'm sure this will be an inspiring place to hang out!