did i mention i was on a roll? these were dyed last week in my best vat and dye session so far.
photo 4 is my pride and joy. a silk linen dévore scarf i wove and dyed in early 90's when experimenting w dévore. the color was a procion mx soft blue but the linen showed too much of a difference in value. so it was stored away. the other scarf dates from way back as well. i had jumped from a 4 shaft table loom to a much more serious 12 shaft 80cm table loom and was studying Kathryn Wertenberger's book 8,12,20 an introduction to multishaft weaving. i was also dreaming of dobbies and computers. the front page has 1991 handwritten on it so do the numbers :)
the yarns are also recouped. i dyed them in my first flop of a zinc-lime vat. yes, i was starting doing aizome and the only recipe i had was the shibori book by wada. in terms of aizome i just started the house by the roof :-&
the knits are samples some freshly dyed, some recouped from other unsuccessful vats. but the warp yarns!
the warp yarns in the second and third photos are a success story big time :) dunk, wait, pull out, oxidise and it rocks! 10 summers and i got it at last.
as i'm writing this post i'm realizing how much i've learned. and how much there is still to learn.
neki desu
