where i like to stay

the tune greets you at the kanda yamanote station so you know you've arrived.
have a great weekend.





neki desu

creative thoughts

i don't want to buy more equipment nor i have space for more so i really need to optimise everything i own. good brain exercise!
the cone holder moved under the k-machine and the combination of gate pegs and knitting carriage
gives enough tug so that the 18 turn x inch wool warps smoothly without kinks.

using all to it's full capacity and then some more
could qualify as zero waste.mottainai













neki desu

here and there and everywhere

still weaving the blue ai warp with the kakishubu weft.already started making chains for the next warp,fine botany wool with a cashmere weft.

since i still haven't worked on the dyeing set up and i am really dying to dye this white warp is going to be painted and batch set. the set up is considerably easier and who am i kidding, i just want to go to the nearby brook for the rinsing (＾∇＾) oh the joy of living amongst nature.

know the colors ,have the warp color now i need to decide on a structure. can't be too complex as i will be working on the table loom because of it's width. lifting a networked twill by hand is beyond me right now.

on the blogger side i am slowly incorporating my blog roll after blogger effaced the widget.

quite a shock as many of my all time faves have disappeared. guess instant grat. prevails.

and gee i still have to work on my 24 gigas + the phone worth of photos from the trip. ಠ ಠ

i was a lot less reckless when i  shot analog.

neki desu

at last

weaving away.mind time to think about projects, things i want to make and life in general.
no minutiae crowding my mind and no household bs. in short, happiness.
but.. blogger is rolling out new stuff and doing away with old stuff such as open id. it is going to affect comments all over blogland so stay tuned  ಠ ಠ


















neki desu

pleat love

 miyake magic.
have a great weekend













neki desu

dislexically yours

 the frugal weaver had warped the long thrums with the knots towards the front and so it was no go.

but going she was to japan so this warp had to be taken care of after the return. here i am more than halfway.

this is going to be  a crepe fabric for one of these.

there's a very cool basketmaker in a nearby town whom i am sure can provide the bottom.

neki desu

kakishibu again

dyeing with kakishibu again.  fearlessly using the powder i bought years ago because i got more in japan and it will eventually get here.used a ziplock bag as i did not want to dilute it excessively,using enough water to cover the yarn. even though it came out on the pale side.

the silk hank getting the uv treatment to modify

the color.will need some more dips.

note the new background. my former grungy sienna wall no more.

on another note today is field tuesday in asturias.

people go out to the countryside or a park in a sort of good weather at last celebration. there's special food ( chorizo stuffed buns) and wine or the first cider of the season and general jolliness.

good times.

neki desu