airbags

experimenting with folds and air pockets. like what they do and i'm aiming to control them at will.
eta: great link!lots of info on different kinds of vats

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the season has begun

there will be fashion


    experimenting,

revamping projects,     

     and hopefully not much crocking.
but if the tuaregs can live with it, so can i.


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a bit of ingenuity

i live in a big city. some of it's joys include access to original version films, opera and theater.

the down side is that locating people to perform tasks such as plumbing or carpentry, to name a few, is difficult. when you luck out you get hit with bills hefty enough to pay for the person's second residence  or the kids' college tuition.

on line shopping is an option but there are shipping costs and then there's the immediacy factor. as a result i have to grease my brain cells and come up with creative solutions for  impromptu issues.

ergo my doubling stand:

3 strawberry containers one inside the other bottom and middle ones holding the bobbins, top one as a lid so that the bobbin doesn't fly out. the yarns are passed through a hole at the bottom of the container. the ventilation holes to keep fruit from self poaching.yarn goes all the way to the top, gathered at the top and wound on to the final weaving bobbin.the yarns are kept in order and if needed i can pass both of them through  an eye screw near the bobbin winder  to add extra tension. 

my shuttles are low profile japanese silk shuttles with wooden bobbins. they work with my loom outfit becausee it is narroweish(70 cms) and the shed is not very wide. i have had to devise a rig for the shed, but this will be the subject of another post.

i know i'm going to embarrass myself  letting you in with this pedestrian solution, but it works!

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beauty itself

 restrained beauty for weavers and textile lovers. long, but worth it.
have a cool weekend.



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work to do

another hand embroidered linen tablecloth from my mother in law. this one is casual and festive, sort of every day use. needs work because it has stains from being in storage. luckily i have old faithful savon de marseille and there's lots of sunlight now!

the linen is rougher than the white one  full of lovely slubs

 a closeup of the big motifs





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the kick

great thing that of traveling , not only you discover people and places, you also discover food, which in my case is one of my great interests.
a year ago in valencia i came across pimient d' espelette jelly as side in a cheese platter. the jelly  has the right combination of sweetness tartness with a  subtle piquant kick from the chilies. add to that a smokiness and there you have a  rich, complex flavor. the jelly went very well with the goat cheese, but it was heavenly with the blue cheese.
so the quest began. french websites offering it were absolutely ludricrous in shipping costs; come on spain is in the same continent  just on the other side a mountain chain. in addition payments were to be made by bank transfer that as everyone knows are quite costly.the quest was shelved  and i was not happy.
 fortunately last november during my trip to aix en provence i was thrilled to locate ground pimient d' espelette in that great daily market in the town square.   i have become a convert.
a mini pinch is all that is needed to make food sing! vinagrette and boiled  new potatoes have never been the same.i am experimenting other food combinations like grilled sole and even salads and  might try desserts. going to make true the name of devil's food cake :)

ps: if you have time go here and like me. if i get lots of likes maybe i'd get selected.
ETA: i'm hanabi ( surprise surprise!)

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of synonyms

is determination the pc word for obstination? just wondering.
another one: is this english?


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