aaand it's blue!

insourcing my available  natural dyed silks. blues

are ai of course, the mauves are murasaki yellows come from pomegranate and the yellow green is carrot tops. the rasperry is brazilwood. yellows and yellow green were too yellow for the warp and the lighter murasaki didn't do anything for the warp.

the darker one would have been a dream, but i was afraid not to have enough for the warp.it all boiled down to the rasperry brazilwood dyed silk and the blues. the red didn't quite cut it either maybe too warm?

how can i resist blue?

so  it's lift off here and we have blue.what i really like is that it's a verigated blue and will add a lot of interest to the cloth.

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and the third time seems to be the charm

threaded! will spend the day honoring may day working on it.
i'll be auditioning color wefts  too.                                                    



 

 here's a new treadling that may or not make the final cloth.
has to be subtle because it will be a top. this is the other option remember? which one then?

happy may day to all!

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origami

a hilarious take on origami.
have a good weekend!


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the warp from hell

would you believe? it's not the fact that get more obsessive as i grow older ( which it is true) it's the fact that i convinced myself that i didn't want to be a zara weaver if you get my drift.

so here we are again,threading for the 3rd time mesdames et messieurs...changed threading to an easier advanced one and the project took a new turn and look-feel. 

one has to accept change in order to move on. this reflections happened  because yesterday i went to a japanese  movie,  kiseki by kore-eda.
was encouraged by the change philosophy bit in the movie  (-_o)     

 ♥♥ his work!

 this is the new threading. i think it's from sandra rude. sandra?

i hope this time it all works out.

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styling

sant jordi brought neither a book nor a rose, but a pair of sneaks made of a cool-literally and figuratively- mesh. they are city sneakers with a golf shoe look feel .

with the pair of the pictured linen palazzo pants (big and wide) they look very nice.

i am knitting another long rectangular thing which by grace of some  information provided by amanda it will become a shrug.

the beautiful linen comes from italy via blandina.

all this is keeping me away from the loom and the scissors. that silk warp is jinxed i swear. now that it's all threaded there are countless mistakes. luckily they are towards the selvedges  and that makes me think i could ignore them and let the pattern cutting do the rest. that or cut the whole 6 mts of natural dyed silk to tiny weeny bits and get on with my  life.

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a long rest

the oiran scarf remember? stored away because i had come to a dead end and wasn't pleased with the light red ground. dug it out and been working on it as if time had not passed.haven't used the botan brush  on this session yet, but it's coming.

on another note today is st. jordi, catalan valentine day of sorts. if a woman you get a rose if a man you get a book. and if you're cool you get none because you don't celebrate it.

comments allowed ;)

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no introduction needed

one of the best vids ever, from the greatest pop group ever.♥ when they go acid.

have a wonderful weekend.

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