summer means hanabi

and some enka as well ಠ ಠ. i have no appreciation for that kind of music sorry.

neki desu

 

meanwhile on a far far away galaxy

warping a two thread cross  aka an exercise in anxiety.especially with superfine silk.

the sectional is 2 cms so i need 40 threads and then my math gets muddled.i've done some terribly dumb counts and ended wih ridiculouly narrow scarves.

 this number is going to be a layer of indigo dyed silk that came out teal ( beats me as of why). the color itself is pretty though. the second layer starts with a terracotta madder dyed silk and progresses to the benibana colors. 

the weft,also silk,will be lavender and lime green.lavenders are murasaki, logwood, lime green my beloved  carrot tops color. when i want to feel sucessful and accomplished i dye with carrot tops.

 ( ¨¨ ω¨¨ )   ( ¨¨ ω¨¨ )  

neki desu

 

the benibana chronicles II or is it III ?

 silk yarns, shoking pink still elusive. however there's still summer to keep on.the colors are not bad, especially that electric orange.

cotton is a no brainer, but it's hard on silk. no wonder dyers in japan devote to just  one dye.

i now have the process and am working on my own take. 

one needs to adjust to many factors and i am guessing one of the most important is the quality of the dyestuff.  ordering next week from netherlands and see how their dyestuff compares. also found out that it's a very slow take up of the dye as it is dyed cold. information found says overnight, but that doesnt cut it.i've left yarns 2-3 days until exhaustion of the dye and still they come out a medium value.

the above are the  surrogate cotton fabrics which will be discharged to get   red for silk.but again wish i could get those pinks on silk.

look at the binding thread. it always happens that binding threads are full of gorgeousness.  

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neki desu