and now on to sourcing buttons

finished top, quite happy with the outcome.  it hangs well although it looks a bit wonky in the photo because it has no buttons so it is pinned closed.don't know if i'll find the buttons i want: matte plastic squares.

the fabric is nice and crisp and the marriage of aizome and kakishibu zome yarns is a winner.

such pleasure of being in command of all the process from dye pot to final garment.i know; i'm missing spinning, but life's not getting longer.

neki desu
 

equinoctial splendor

 あき の 京都
there's a new crispness in the air.
enjoy the first fall weekend.

neki desu
 

the end of hesitation

remember this fabric? it has been shuffled around for more than a year waiting for my weight to stabilize so i could fit into its narrowness;waiting to find a pattern that also fit into its narrowness and did not waste too much of the precious fabric. waiting and hesitating. 

yesterday i finally put and end to hesitation 101 as i found i could fit into this pattern and it in turn could be cut with minimal waste.

i am going to bore myself doing french seams because the fabric is light and the seams need special attention. either french seams or binding and guess what?

talking about boring i received a requirement from the bank that i needed to complete a w-9 form :(

being from puerto rico i've never had a tax number bcse we don't pay the feds. so it seems i need to go to the consulate and get whatever or a pat on the head or who knows what the situation is now.

this week promises to be enveloped by domestic bs. geezzz.

neki desu
 

i have something to show

this is how far i've come.  patching gifted and dyed scraps to make a  summer bed cover .i still have a long way to go. this is just a meter square and my bed is 150x 190,  hoping i'll have enough scraps. ai vat is on its last leg , don't want to add more ai to it. it still dyes, but the colors come somewhat tealish. motainai, motainai, but this is not a patchwork.

on another subject already sent my entry to the juried show. now i just have to wait and see.

neki desu
 

one last song

before summer comes to a close. 29º over here
have a great weekend



neki desu
 

reprise

the scarf is being reprised -some creative language use!- three or four times.

pumping the red that was lost in the aizome vat, using my beloved botan brushes from japan.

they are expensive but do the job of painting backgrounds beautifully as they were  meant for that.

i love all the combined processes each one adding up to the previous. it's slow and fun.

the scarf will have to cure for a while. 

neki desu
 

while people are doing less

is more i am doing more is more unintentionally. sat down enjoying a nice sunny day with a cool breeze, tending my vat and keeping my hands busy following the old adage idle hands etc, etc.

was having a relaxed go and couldn't stop. now pray thee tell how can i od on stitching and still be working on the zen series? scary isn't it?

neki desu