and whatever it said i would comply. until there was a DUHH moment and i realized that one ingredient or material wasn't superior to a more readily available one. it was the availability of such product.
japan is surrounded by water so it's only natural that they use seaweed as sizing.but i hadn't given this a thought and rushed to buy funori seaweed ,expensive and hard to source, when i could have used linseed readily available in europe. this was an eye opener in my practice.no looking back.
that also goes for dyestuff, trying to use as much of local plants as i can especially now that i'm not urban anymore. and have my bestie AI which (who?) tells me if it's worth dyeing or pass.
i treasured the funori i bought but i had no intention to be buried with it, so i've spent last weekend preparing it and sizing all the silk i had dyed.even sizing organzine silk skeins just to use it all up.
fruits of the toil. still have some more skeins but i guess they'll go straight up.
don't think i'll ever use all these yarns in my lifetime. maybe i should start selling some.
nothing goes to waste, making lakes from leftover murasaki dye.
neki desu
