Holly wrote:

> I think you're working with painted roving?  You could try redyeing just
> the sections that have lost color.  I haven't had any success with
> roving, but if you follow the directions in one of the books that have
> instructions, I expect it will work just fine.  I used the microwave to
> set dyes on painted skeins of handspun, and it worked great--far less
> bleeding, in fact, than I've had on pot-dyed wools.

Well, it used to be handpainted roving. Now it's a three ply yarn,
navaho plied--so there are areas of solid colour and areas of
barberpole striped colour. Plus, there isn't any regularity to the
coloured areas--I can't skein it so that there are solid areas to paint.

Shirley

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