Blog entry
January 31, 2025
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Shaking out the vegetable matter.
Fantastic shagginess!
Indigo dyed Merino fleece
Carded into batts
Clearing out the boxes again
It's time to sort through the heaps again.....
Most of these are pieces leftover from other projects and experiments.. Some have imperfections. I was waiting to find a way to use them or fix them. I'm pretty sure I won't after all.
This one isn't so bad really.
Vintage silk pieces dyed with cochineal, weld, indigo and madder roots.
Fancy vintage Japanese silk and fresh indigo leaves.
Silk organza indigo and snow
I'm so fortunate to be able to work with color every day. Off to fill up the baskets again!
Ice and snow
A little snow and ice fell overnight.
Yesterday I made a path through the mud with old Christmas tree branches. The birds are making their own path of footprints.
Walnut brew left outdoors
Indigo dye project left out overnight
Sweet, furry Daisy seems to like the cool on her tummy.
Indoor dyeing
It's so cold that I'm restricted to indoor projects. This has put a halt to most indigo dyeing since I can't air any wet textiles outside. They freeze almost instantly, and trying to unpin them from the clothesline is really hard.
Frozen hemp
Right now my outdoor dye-work is limited to hurried picture-taking.
January wonder
Just when it seemed too cold for anything but cozy indoor projects, an outdoor wonder appeared.
When the ground is frozen and the world is ice cold, I toss seeds and crumbs to the birds. Today this fine feathered beauty was waiting and watching the festival of sparrows and pigeons from the power lines
Those feathers!
I think this is a red-tailed hawk.
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What surprised me the most was that the birds on the ground didn't seem to mind him at all. Also that he simply watched them for nearly an hour.
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