Where Lorelei and Sue had already set out the dyes and our worktables on the wooden porches of our little western town.
The process involves a bit of mental planning, then some measuring and stirring.
Then it's off to apply the results of our concoctions. Note Lorelei's blue/green hands here. She hates gloves almost as much as she hates shoes! Susan is hard at work creating "Noriko", a colorway to honor her beloved kitty of the same name. Thanks to Susan for all but two of the photos today. Ms. Angeluna forgot her camera!
Notice how "chic" we all are in our aprons provided thoughtfully by Micki. One of the neighboring shop owners wanted to buy them off our backs if we would stain them with "blood" so they could use them in the upcoming Civil War Reenactment. Impossible. Hard as we tried, our dyes wouldn't work on the non-protein fibers of the aprons. And here is Ms. Angeluna working hard to get the colorway she has so clearly in her mind.
Dyeing done and ready to 
Straight out of the oven and too hot to handle. The Kraemer Sterling needed to be rinsed ASAP before the vinegar tarnished the silver.
Voilà, the products of our labors...the two ends are both skeins of Sterling.
And here we have the Sterling samples, which dyed up beautifully. Think these two skeins of Gitane may want to be a shawl.
Just nearby, these beautiful water lilies were languishing in the lake. Eye candy for the overheated dyers.
But first I must absolutely finish my June STR Sock Club sock since the next one should be here in a couple of weeks, plus I need to get them posted to Summer of Socks, where I am a complete laggard, with no shame. I've been painting the house as much as knitting lately. Both socks are on the straightaway of the foot, and it is now clear, I am falling way short of enough yarn to finish. Way short. So if anyone has bits and leftovers of STR Firebird, please take pity on me. I will happily pay postage.
It's lovely, practical and sentimental. The last night, Cat has you share bits and pieces of each others yarns with beads and bits and whatever you want. You knit up your shape, felt and twist, and they make these elegant little sheaths to protect your precious needles. And you can see Mary's red yarn and Celia's pink yarn and, well, you get the picture.
And then they showed me the new Lorna's Laces Twist. Looks like a Clapotis to me. 
Leaving Drop a Stitch, there was the most beautiful pottery horse in the middle of the sidewalk. Now he seems to belong to a Chinese Restaurant nearby, but isn't he lovely? Actually, Boise had several other yarn stores that sounded interesting, but the BF looked as though it was best not to ask for another stop!
And this most unartistic shot is Ketchum, a rather charming little town just a mile or two down the canyon from Sun Valley. Excellent restaurants, lots of galleries, lots and lots of real estate offices and banks, and a shop called Isabel's Needlepoint.
Who knew that this delightful and sunny little shop on the second floor of a neo/old building had such a wonderful knitting side? One thing I loved, as I always do when I find them, is all of the sweaters they have made up that you can finger and try one. This is only a few. Every window all the way around the shop had a sweater hanging in it.
But the big excitement was that, in addition to their very well stocked wall of Koigu, their shipment (ordered the year before) arrived while I was standing there. Being totally Koigu deprived in North Texas, I had to take deep breaths to keep from swooning.
This lovely lady is Trina (short for Katrina I believe), who was a huge enabler! There was also Jane and Julie Jane, one of whom is a crack sock knitter and both of whom were very helpful.
Even the swans had luxury accommodations here! These are the babies from the spring hatching. I love the mountains. Spent much of my childhood in the mountains of Colorado and most every summer thereafter. And I miss it! 
