sourcing closures

one down. sewing this knit was not as difficult as expected.neither was the cutting part. i am honing my skills warming up for the two fine linen knits i have.
now looking for something like this but locally.





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of similarities

according to  the webster similarity is the quality or state of being similar. and same is resembling in every relevant aspect.

so these yarns are similar and i will have to make that a virtue and weave with them.

the good news is that the warp is a color field warp.and the second good news is that the yarns are finally here.

the ever optimist me.

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more budleja- coda

on wool, with alum and  cot mordants. i was too lazy to test the water for ph and to get bottled water for dyeing.

it gave me a dirty yellow, but i am quite content after not dyeing for such a long time. i also need to be more scientific and weight the plant matter i just dumped my bounty in a pot with water.

on cotton the color was much more clearer perhaps because i put the scoured yarn in the bucket, no heat and forgot of its existence.to dye cotton it needs to be treated with a tannin and then alum.

michel garcia says to think of of this as friendships:the friends of my friends are also my friends;cotton is friends with tannin, tannin with the mordant and the mordant friends with the dye!

usually tannin gives a beige- browny tone, but i tried liles recommendation to use soda ash instead because it makes alum less acidic.

happy to report that the dye clinged to the cotton just the excess washed off.

i can say i got good colors from budleja and given the abundance of it i am going to keep using it with modifiers to get a variety of colors . 

and i need to test the  ph of the water   ಠ ಠ

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