the benibana chronicles part I

my vintage benibana. bought in 1994 on my first trip to japan at tokyu hands.lots of water has gone under the bridge since. for example i can now read japanese si i don't need to write what it is ｡^‿^｡

and tokyu hands ,at least the one in shibuya, doesn't carry dyestuffs and weaving tools anymore. sad.

from the yellow dye i could dye some linen yarn which turned out a pretty gold yellow.
quite pleased with it.

this is the apparently useless color (yellow) that i cannot bring myself to throw away.

found that if you add an acid, using glacial acetic acid bcse it's cost effective, you can get corals on silk. further experimentation in order.

actually, these samples  are a bit more coral than the yellow in the photos.

 there's a lot to learn .i am concentrating this summer on benibana , bypassing indigo and madder.

neki desu