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a 'dyeing' query
YarnWright wrote:
wha???????? you mean you're NOT a natural.... ummmm, lets see if i remember.... redhead? Noreen who's got 'frosted' hair, to cover the natural greyfrosting that's been steadily occurring. I only just *now* saw this message (or thread), and had to respond to Noreen's part of it because it reminded me of my Mom's hair. My Mom had just turned 85 a couple of weeks before she passed away, but she still had a lot of brown left in her hair... and very few wrinkles too, in fact (she had gorgeous skin). The front bit of her hair that was swept back from her forehead slightly to the right was almost pure white though (not to the extent of Della Reece on "Touched by an Angel, but it looked really pretty)... and when she would go to the hairdresser to have her hair permed or just set, there would often be at least one woman who would say to the hairdresser... "I want my hair streaked in the front like THAT lady's hair was done!" They would all grin and say "Then you'll have to wait and let nature take it's course, because she's never had her hair dyed at all." LOL My own hair was a natural blonde when I was very young, and it gradually turned to a dark caramel... light brown/dark blonde/red mixture by the time I was in my mid-twenties. Unfortunately even professional pictures (family portraits) didn't show my natural colour and it always looked almost black. I hated how that would happen, so I finally got fed up with it, and got the nerve to have my hair dyed back to blonde like I used to be. At last... I was back to being ME again!! ) *hugs* Gemini - not mentioning the fact that when I goof up with something now, I use my blondeness as an excuse... "Blonde moment!". LOL |
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a 'dyeing' query
"BB" wrote in message
. .. Oh ha! I like that.....I "enhance" my hair color Then I go swimming and chlorine enhances the enhancement...which is saying it makes the blonde go even more blonde. BB LOL I read this and remembered the first time I went in a swimming pool after "returning" to being blonde. I was a little nervous because of all the horror stories I had heard about people who'd hair is dyed blonde having their hair turn GREEN from the chlorine. As soon as I came out of the pool I towel dried quickly to look... never noticed anything... but I *still* shampooed my hair when I was totally finished in the pool the first few times until I got over being nervous. Then I just figured... if it happens, I guess I have fix it. ;o) *hugs* Gemini |
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Magnifiers was a 'dyeing' query
"Shirley Shone" wrote in message
... Those magnifying glasses on strings are not very handy. If you have a well endowed bosom like me, they stand out too far so it does not focus on your work. I think a man must of invented them. Also the string cuts in the back of your neck, and they are inclined to tip up. That type was my first magnifying glass and was discarded quickly. Using small beads I have tried quite a few. I ended up with the Mag Eyes which work very well because you can also look over the top to look in the distance or TV. They have about 4 sets of different strength lenses. For taking on holiday I have a pair that clips on my glasses and they flip up out of the way but are small so do not take up much room. The Mag- Eyes are larger since they fasten on a head band and look a bit like something out of space. LOL I would say Mad-Eyes every time and several of my friends have got them and agree with me. Shirley I've had the MagEyes for several years and they are my preferred vision aid when working on something that needs magnification. The lens part can be placed exactly where you need it and will stay there unlike the kind that sits on your chest with the cord around your neck. I thought I had trouble keeping it in place because I'm the opposite of well-endowed. LOL However, they have been sold for many years so there must be many people who do like this kind. I would be happy to give mine away to anyone who wants to try it. -- Jan in MN |
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a 'dyeing' query
In article , Shirley Shone
wrote: These are the ones that I have http://www.btinternet.com/~mdg/mageyes.html Hope I got the right. Shirley They look neat, and handy Els |
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a 'dyeing' query
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Els van Dam wrote: My biggest problem is the small writing on the computer. On the internet most of the time you can enlarge, but not always. Tiny print on different coloured backgrounds are murder. I give up on websites that are unreadable. It is not worth my time. I have held a magnifying glass up to the computer screen. It worked pretty well. =Tamar |
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a 'dyeing' query
Els Lazer seems to be the solution these days, but what a price that is,
never had it and will continue with my verifocals for reading and weaving infact I wear them all the time and they are on a string too, or else I would forget them. higz cher "Els van Dam" wrote in message ... In article , Shirley Shone wrote: Those magnifying glasses on strings are not very handy. If you have a well endowed bosom like me, they stand out too far so it does not focus on your work. I think a man must of invented them. Also the string cuts in the back of your neck, and they are inclined to tip up. That type was my first magnifying glass and was discarded quickly. Using small beads I have tried quite a few. I ended up with the Mag Eyes which work very well because you can also look over the top to look in the distance or TV. They have about 4 sets of different strength lenses. For taking on holiday I have a pair that clips on my glasses and they flip up out of the way but are small so do not take up much room. The Mag- Eyes are larger since they fasten on a head band and look a bit like something out of space. LOL I would say Mad-Eyes every time and several of my friends have got them and agree with me. Shirley Shirley I have both, the large glass that hangs around your neck, as well as the clip on glassed. I also have a big bosom, but I made a kumihimo braid I can adjust and so it does work for me,I use it when I do my crossword puzzles. The clip on/ flip up glasses I use when I am weaving, so I can thread the fine threads through my reed. I have a third one though. It is a magnifying lens set in with a circular neon light. It has a long pull out arm. That really works very well. I have it clamped to my work table. There are all kinds of different solutions. My biggest problem is the small writing on the computer. On the internet most of the time you can enlarge, but not always. Tiny print on different coloured backgrounds are murder. I give up on websites that are unreadable. It is not worth my time..... LOL I guess we are all heading for magnifying lenses and glasses. Els |
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a 'dyeing' query
Oh my...lol
higz cher "Shirley Shone" wrote in message ... These are the ones that I have http://www.btinternet.com/~mdg/mageyes.html Hope I got the right. Shirley In message , spinninglilac writes gawd the mind boggles as well as the eyes....I have the bossom mag glass, and it isn't easy you are correct to big and busty, and breathing makes it go up and down too...LOL. we have shops that sell mag glasses in various thicknesses so you get a card to read and try on the numbered glasses, half glasses actually, and when you find the pair you can read comfortably in without them pulling at your eyes that is the number you need...guess they are the same except that these are made with arms and in a frame and look like proper glasses. higz Cher "Shirley Shone" wrote in message ... Those magnifying glasses on strings are not very handy. If you have a well endowed bosom like me, they stand out too far so it does not focus on your work. I think a man must of invented them. Also the string cuts in the back of your neck, and they are inclined to tip up. That type was my first magnifying glass and was discarded quickly. Using small beads I have tried quite a few. I ended up with the Mag Eyes which work very well because you can also look over the top to look in the distance or TV. They have about 4 sets of different strength lenses. For taking on holiday I have a pair that clips on my glasses and they flip up out of the way but are small so do not take up much room. The Mag- Eyes are larger since they fasten on a head band and look a bit like something out of space. LOL I would say Mad-Eyes every time and several of my friends have got them and agree with me. Shirley In message , spinninglilac writes not sure what dye you'd use for this, and it would need soaking evenly, most home dyeing doesn't do evenly because the material gets creased or folded when in the dyepot. So I would suggest several goes at it, BUT if your eyes aren't up to black, maybe using a magnifying glass that you have on a string around your neck, and it has a piece on it that rests on your chest, so everytime you look down, you would be looking through the mag glass.. These should be able to be purchased from those shops that sell things for cross stitch.. well that is what I would suggest making the work bigger to look at and thus not having to dye it... most dyes I do need boiling to get the dye into the wool.. Perhaps others have a better solution to this, cheers...Cher "YarnWright" wrote in message ... For you more experienced dye-ers.... would an alpaca silk blend yarn 'dye-up' EVENLY? Here's the scoop, I'm going to need a black shawl, and I mean BLACK for an important event this summer. As you know, my eyes can't take it, even using a white ragg/towel, whatever on my lap, so... I'm thinking of dyeing the shawl after I knit it up. Whatcha think? TIA, Noreen -- change n e t to c o m to reply to / email me. I am not young enough to know everything. --- avast! AV: Outbound message clean. Virus Database (VPS): 0618-1, 05/03/2006 Tested: 5/3/2006 1:45:35 PM avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2006 http://www.avast.com -- Shirley Shone http://www.allcrafts.demon.co.uk -- Shirley Shone http://www.allcrafts.demon.co.uk |
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a 'dyeing' query
well it all reminds me of this poem...hiz cher
Warning by Jenny Joseph WHEN I AM AN OLD WOMAN I SHALL WEAR PURPLE With a red hat which doesn't go, and doesn't suit me. And I shall spend my pension on brandy and summer gloves And satin sandals, and say we've no money for butter. I shall sit down on the pavement when I'm tired And gobble up samples in shops and press alarm bells And run my stick along the public railings And make up for the sobriety of my youth. I shall go out in my slippers in the rain And pick the flowers in other people's gardens And learn to spit You can wear terrible shirts and grow more fat And eat three pounds of sausages at a go Or only bread and pickle for a week And hoard pens and pencils and beermats and things in boxes But now we must have clothes that keep us dry And pay our rent and not swear in the street And set a good example for the children. We must have friends to dinner and read the papers. But maybe I ought to practice a little now? So people who know me are not too shocked and surprised When suddenly I am old, and start to wear purple. Taken from the book When I Am An Old Woman I Shall Wear Purple Editd by Sandra Martz Papier Mache Press--Watsonville, California 1987 "Katherine" wrote in message ... Unfortunately, I won't be going white. I will just fade into a funny looking blonde. It is went white - as Keith's hair did - that would be great. Higs, Katherine spinninglilac wrote: Oh Katherine...I can't wait to go white.....lol I've never dyed my hair, and am now getting little bits of grey...well quite a few streaks, and it has gone alot lighter brown the rich dark brown it has always been...perhaps when it goes really white I'll dye it burgundy and that'll turn it a sort of shocking pink...and I'll wear bright purple clothes and all that...when I go white.. higz Cher "Katherine" wrote in message ... Well, yes, I am a natural redhead. But the ravages of time, alas, have caused a gradual fading to more of a blonde, which I don't really like. So I *enhance* it just a bit. g Higs, Katherine YarnWright wrote: wha???????? you mean you're NOT a natural.... ummmm, lets see if i remember.... redhead? Noreen who's got 'frosted' hair, to cover the natural greyfrosting that's been steadily occurring. Alas, Noreen, all I dye is my hair. Whoops, did I say that out loud??? g Higs, Katherine YarnWright wrote: For you more experienced dye-ers.... would an alpaca silk blend yarn 'dye-up' EVENLY? Here's the scoop, I'm going to need a black shawl, and I mean BLACK for an important event this summer. As you know, my eyes can't take it, even using a white ragg/towel, whatever on my lap, so... I'm thinking of dyeing the shawl after I knit it up. Whatcha think? TIA, Noreen --- avast! AV: Inbound message clean. Virus Database (VPS): 0618-1, 05/03/2006 Tested: 5/3/2006 6:14:02 PM avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2006 http://www.avast.com --- avast! AV: Outbound message clean. Virus Database (VPS): 0618-1, 05/03/2006 Tested: 5/3/2006 6:15:11 PM avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2006 http://www.avast.com |
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a 'dyeing' query
FOrtunately, chlorine has not so far reacted with my colour.
Higs, Katherine BB wrote: Oh ha! I like that.....I "enhance" my hair color Then I go swimming and chlorine enhances the enhancement...which is saying it makes the blonde go even more blonde. BB Katherine wrote: Well, yes, I am a natural redhead. But the ravages of time, alas, have caused a gradual fading to more of a blonde, which I don't really like. So I *enhance* it just a bit. g Higs, Katherine |
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a 'dyeing' query
spinninglilac wrote:
well it all reminds me of this poem...hiz cher Warning by Jenny Joseph I love this poem, and have a copy in my dining room. Higs, Katherine |
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