recreational

waiting for the ph meter to arrive and the rain to go away.playing a lot with my photos and getting textile ideas.surprised with  how one thing can lead to another and  get me in textile territory. fold and play fun.♠♣♦



 go here to get instructions on how to make your kaleidocycle.

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all about words lately

the warp is almost finished. however, there are still some more words in the inkwell as they say. re warping now that  the forecast says it's going to be cool again. bad news for dyeing. 

there is some dyeing excitement building up, getting techie i ordered a ph meter. can't  afford to funk  up my 250 grams of sukumo.

the weaving backgrounds are becoming more complex. that has to be furthered and see where it goes.

it has nothing to do with inspiration, it's just work,work,work.

the photo, well, some inspiration here. but it's red in real life☺




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in the making

beauty is in the eyes of the beholder and for most these shots are not your regular beauty shots.

however with time and patience the yucky water will transform into ash lye which in turn will feed the ai vat and convert it to beautiful dyeing power. the rest as they say will make history. nor not.

 the lye water will be used in a natural fermentation vat whose process is different from  the more commonly used reduction vat.one of the main differences is that contrary to reduction vats a fermentation vat needs oxygen to thrive. no wonder when i visited the aizome workshop dyers were so careless letting the yarns drip into the vat. a huge no-no with reduction vats.

 on another note, from now on the outdoor activity will slowly increase  as it gets too hot to work in the studio.this blog will  be more  dyeing rich in  content.

here's the cold dyed  madder yarn from this post. it was quietly left in the pot in the sun for 4 days. not a bad color and the dye has not fully exhausted so there's more yarn in there.

but for now the weekend  with  my usual  blog hiatus is coming . some visual  dyeing goodies here

and  here.note the splashing!

enjoy your weekend.!

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