coming up

my golden dreams momiji which has spent all year being red. not that i'm complaining though.

the one next to it is a katsura which will turn red soon. this year it didn't do well wonder why.

my latest obsession is trying to grow momiji from seed, after the ones i brought back from japan bombed out. been scouting for botanical varieties and gathering seed pods.think it's too early and they are still green, but will persevere until the optimal gathering  time comes.

now that we've decided to stay in this apartment there's going to be some more gardening.

neki desu 

 

a three year predicament

finally going forward. color blanket ; there are 3  mistakes, seems like one for every rethreading. albeit the gross mistakes it holds a promise. not rethreading again no matter what. silk warp natural dyes, madder, ai, safflower. silk weft ai and cochineal.

i'll repeat this structure,networked rosepath, in  less taxing warp yarns.

already sourcing.

20/1 venne cotton in glowing colors. after a hair thin silk warp this will go fast.

the plan: one layer of solid color across the whole warp, the second layer the colors shift harmoniously.

and with this project we cap  the month of september.

neki desu

 

accomplishments dept.

this number was a joy to weave and it went fast and well. except for the shedding of the weft which gave me the ultimate cough everything was a breeze.  the dyeing also. green walnuts steeped in water for some weeks then the fabric added and after that an inmmersion in a weak iron solution to kill the yellow. warp white silk, weft sand colored  nubby silk.the structure is a crepe developed with alice schein's crepe action for photoshop.sorry can't find the post in her blog to link it  ¯\ ( ツ ) /¯ 

all in all a happy camper here. 

neki desu