first two inches

up and weaving. the first two inches are always the most exciting part. the linen stole aka raindrops is going through the mordanting process and there is not much to show.

this morning i woke up to a newspaper filled with good news, both national and international. don't remember when was the last time that happened.  on the other hand i received  a disquieting  notice from yahoo.

youtube co-founders chad hurley and steve chen have acquired delicious from yahoo

you won't believe the stir in cyberia. you are required to give permission to move your saved bookmarks to avos, the new company. so good for cloud computing! sounds great but you are always at the expense of someone else's whims with those wordy, obscure TOS and privacy policies. can't do anything except migrate (>o<)
after  i plant two coleus a red verbena and a lobelia it's back to the loom.and still working on the plastics.

neki desu

on sewing resources

now that i'm on a mission of stash reducing by weaving fabric i'm keeping an eye on patterns and related paraphernalia. did i say stash reducing? one of my wishes is to be as minimalistic and  frugal as  the oriental people. well, at least before the chinese economic miracle.but i digress.

i have come across a myriad of interesting sewing resources that i'll share. yes!! it's all 'bout sharing (^_^)

directly from  my pal Rubi's sideboard a  sewing blog .she's not only a fun read, but also a wealth of resources.

perusing the internet-sounds more importantly serious than surfing doesn't it?- found the new to me neu mode patterns- pardon the redundancy. i liked  the patterns i saw because they are more tailored and with less flounces and frills than burda's. also the styling looks well, more stylish-this is getting to be a redundancy competition. i'm sure vero already knows about them.

 relative to style if  you go for julian roberts  someone along those lines, but a tad more wearable IMO is marcy tilton. besides her patterns her web also has fabrics, cool silk screens for surface design and some very  good tutorials.
i am hoping that at some point my long rectangular knitted things can be turned into something wearable like one of her skirts. sigh.

now i only have to finish this morning's set of errands and sit at the loom. 3 meters of loom controlled shibori are waiting to happen.

neki desu

i can do plastic too ! II

a detour from all the natural wholesomeness. laminated plastic on poly organza, puff paint, iridescent paints- my much beloved golden interference oxide green no longer manufactured-and machine stitching.there's a border coming up, but the concept still needs to be tightened up.btw the dark background is not part of the piece, it is just redundantly  the background.

cleaning now and doing errands later today, pay offs for being away.the weather is still yucky. not missing much ru-chan (^_^)

neki desu