twelfth night

"This is a practise
As full of labour as a wise man's art
For folly that he wisely shows is fit;
But wise men, folly-fall'n, quite taint their wit. (3.1.14)"

finished and into the pot for scouring spinning oils. the collapse shows right after cutting it off the loom. anxious to see it after the soft boil.then on to dyeing.

the maggi do not visit our house, but we can feel the excitement in the air as the neighborhood kids open their presents.

then at lunch awaits the cake with a small surprise token inside. and that signals the end of the christmas season. until next year.

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best of both worlds

A film by Jim Le Fevre, Mike Paterson and Roops and Al Johnstone (RAMP ceramics), commissioned by the Crafts Council.

via margreet. thanks for pointing it!

have a great weekend. and stay warm.


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reprise

heddles

all that new year furor weaving and tidying left me with a swollen ring finger on my right hand. downtime today.
i'm posting the last of the photos i took at the ethnography museum in ripoll.
besides wool, the town also had a thriving jute industry.  jute was grown, spinned and manufactured into coarse cloth and sacks.

old barn loom.

 reeds and spinning wheel

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