A one-page spinning and dyeing column from the Minnesota Weaver that answers reader questions about building a color palette. Pat Boutin Wald describes a dyeing course taught by Jan Carter that covers dye chemistry, precise measuring, the Colour Index and Munsell color theory. She also explains her own summer dyeing routine with yellow, red, blue, turquoise and black, and how she blends carded wools for heathers. A second reader tip suggests carding bright rayon/acrylic top into rolags to soften and mute colors without dyeing.