Dying Wool

we got two kilos of natural white hand spun sheep wool.  we decided to dye it.       

                                                                 the original color

                    we had four colors: red-hibiscus tea, yellow-turmeric, blue and purple-food coloring

                                  after the yarn sat in the dye for a long time we washed it out.

                                                                   then we dried them.

                       these are the finished colors (they are actually brighter than in the pictures)

Bush rat Beginning

Caleb's bush rat will be our first team creation to share.  Living in South Sudan caused us to be creative with our gift giving. Caleb made Larissa a bush rat  shoe scraper for her birthday from twisted wire and a scrub brush. Larissa didn't like having three inches of mud caked on her shoes from gardening so Caleb made her a cool little bush rat.