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Woad is me!
29 Jun 2008Took 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 should’ve painted my face too…
23 Jun 2008So 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 [...]
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- Tags: drop spindle, dye, fiber, fleece, indigo, raw fleece, rolag, SCA, spinning, wool
Not out of the woods yet
13 May 2008But Max is doing better. He did eat today (though not much) and, as unglamorous as it sounds, I’m watching the cat boxes closely. Somewhere, inside my cat, is a hair elastic. It really needs to be in the litter box, and not inside my cat. In better news, I finished the first Baby Surprise [...]
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- Tags: baby surprise jacket, cardigan, cat, eat, hairband, knit, olive branch yoga hoodie, sock, vet
New Books!
In: fiber
6 May 2008Three books arrived in the mail today! Yay! Especially for a day that started out with cat barf at 5am. Things I Learned from Knitting (whether I wanted to or not) – Stephanie Pearl-McPhee (also known as The Yarn Harlot). I’ve finished reading this one (a quick read) and am just as thrilled with this [...]
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