Archive for June, 2008

Woad is me!

In: fiber|SCA

29 Jun 2008

Took out a lock of the fleece from the indigo bath, squeezed it all out, let it dry, rinsed it well, squeezed it again, and let it dry some more. It’s blue!  Soft grey blue right now.  The chemical reaction is definitely going strong (most mornings when I go to stir it, the pot has [...]

I’ve not made it yet, but this stuff sounds *amazing*.  The ingredients are a little on the posh side (I don’t have a Kafir lime leaf >.>) but easy enough to substitute.  Yum yum. Blackberry Limeade Recipe

So my usual illumination stuff for Monday nights got canceled today.  Instead, I went to go hang out with the fiber arts people, who have been having fun with raw fleece. I thought I’d be safe, since they’ve already washed the fleece and would be dyeing tonight. I was wrong. I now have a vat [...]

Can I just start over?

In: life

17 Jun 2008

I need a do-over of this morning. My blog post at Too Many Annas was like pulling teeth.  I had to write a stack of bills.  The cats decided to chew on one of the corners of the quilt my best friend made us as a wedding present.  The blueberries I put on my cereal [...]


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