multi tasking

Still indigo dyeing and more excited about it after i found this web page. There's the reason to keep trying to get command of the fermentation vat. Nevertheless that will have to wait for next summer.
But right now between dips there are lots of things to take care of,the rush before Japanese classes begins is alive and kicking badly. There's still something on the loom that hasn't been tended for a while. That one also has to be finished. Some ATCs in different stages have to be pushed. And designing.

Don't know if this one will ever make it to fabric either digi printed or dyed and worked on. But i liked the way it turned out, so here it is. The colors are fractal images with layers and layers of textures. It reminds me of Shinjuku in Tokyo.

neki desu

buttonhole band

This week finds me uploading last week's TAST and without the benefit of Elisabeth of Quieter Moments who fuels my imagination.As a result this sample is very plain, almost verging on the boring.
Presently i'm getting my kicks from indigo dyeing which is going so well it has me walking around with a silly grin. Husband is another chapter in the story, he's ready to file for divorce because of the smell which is no big deal, just the characteristic indigo vat smell.

i used DMc embroidery ,spun silk for texture and silk doupioni dyed by myself.
For the ladders i used perle cotton recycled from a shibori dyeing session. Sometimes i keep the yarns i use for arashi shibori as i like the results and it is also instant gratification for being frugal.

i think there are possibilities with the diamond shapes but need to be worked better.
And there's also a lot of play with curved ladders. i have to get back to this stitch during a winter night.

neki desu

almost gone

Asagao ya
ichirin fukaki
fuchi no iro

Buson

Ah! the blossoming
morning glory-
deep pool of blue

Buson

neki desu