“You ain’t never been blue, ’til you’ve had that mood indigo” Three years ago, pretty much exactly, I purchased a beginner’s indigo dye kit from Fibrecrafts. Since then I have been filled with good intentions (periodically) to sort out the utility room and play with the kit. It never happened…. until I rashly invited one …
Category archives: Dear Diary
Second Weaving
For most of this week, I have been completely convinced of my inability to produce an FO post today but lo and behold… I reached Thursday afternoon, the trees cleared, and I finally saw the metaphorical wood. In other words, I whipped that craft room into proper order and had space in which to work.
To be truthful, I do not suppose this really is a finished object; it is a finished weaving, but it has yet to become whatever it is destined to be.
A few strings attached
SpinningGill very generously gave up the bulk of her Sunday and came round to show me the ropes vis. warping the loom. Hilariously, I had thought she might get as far as starting me off weaving… Obviously I had no real conception of how involved the process is ((for involved read fiddly and/or time-consuming)). I …