Random thoughts of a fiber enthusiast – mostly fiber related, sometimes coherent.
Wednesday * February 8th 2012
May28
This is my dye notebook from the natural dye workshop that we did in Italy. Pretty, isn’t it? It’s amazing the range of colors we got from just an hour or so of plant collections. Except for madder and cochineal, everything was collected on the property. Well, and olive leaves. Ildiko wasn’t sure if Gianni [...]
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May22
I returned from Italy with a very, very torqued lower back. Sitting, laying down, standing, everything and anything for any duration of time is painful. So, I won’t be going through my hundreds of Italy pictures anytime soon. In lieu of that, I will post the e-Post Cards that I sent home each day, in [...]
May10
Sunday, 11 May, 2008 07:11 Yesterday was our first full day in Umbria, and was the start of our 2 day workshop on natural dyes. This is our view from the house, my room, and the dye shed. Gorgeous, isn’t it. Down the valley, less than 7 km away, is Tuscany. We are sitting right [...]
May07
Well, I’m off to Italy. Umbria, to be specific. Even more specific, Maridiana. This is the second year that Linda Kirsch has been organizing these tours. I wasn’t able to go last year due to health issues, but I resolve to do this before I go back to full time employment. So, now is the [...]
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May04
Yup. I just realized that it is now May and I didn’t finish any socks in April. (I’ve started 3 pairs, frogged 1, but 2 are still on the needles, if you are keeping track.) I also drove out to Sacramento today to look at the CNCH Market and Gallery. I quick day trip of [...]
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