japanese cotton

bought this big hank composed of 6 skeins at the wonderful kyoto yodabashi depato at a more than reasonable price, surprise,surprise.
their third floor is full of sewing gadgets, some nice fabrics, beads and all you can think of.
back to the cotton : it's a good 2 ply twisted cotton about 2/20 i should guess.
dyeing this skein with budleja and see how it turns out.


neki desu
 

dealing with wants

it is quite ironic that being here surrounded with vegetable matter with dyeing potential i have not dyed in a whole year. the itch has been almost unbearable let me tell you. 

Yesterday my morning walk included foraging the budleja patches and came home with about 200 grams worth of prime flowers.

the interest comes from the availability and also this post where the whole process is explained. master dyer jenny dean has also  a very informative post.  
 unlike dean, i am not using dead flower heads so keep watching this section for the outcome.

the dyeing will come a tad early for the purchase to solve and re direct all dyeing endeavors.

i had been looking for a milk heating thermos when i should have been looking for a beer making unit DUH.

found one which is not too pricey, well after seeing the prices for milk thermos anything below that is not pricey, and ordered it.will be here in a week. perhaps it's not too late for a quick ai vat.

neki desu
 

the bores

have already finished and now i am straightening some twisted threads, then debugging. the louet raddle is a nightmare. will be changing it for this one, same principle but better dimensioned.
waiting for the weft yarns to arrive, bringing stuff from the backburner to the front one  meanwhile.





neki desu
 

what will be will be

still needs some tweaking in the tieup but this is it.the treadling would have been great as an advancing treadling, but cant face that as handlifts. width vs electronic heaven.
now starts the voyage into boredom 800 threads to sley and thread.




neki desu
 

of tomodachi and gifto

for me one of the best gifts that can be offered is weaving samples,especially if they are japanese textiles.

my friend from kyoto gifted me a pack of oshima tsumugi samples.
the dyeing and weaving are so exquisite they look like printed cloth.

i am going to let them speak for themselves just adding shibui  ne!

neki desu
 

getting closer to its destiny

at least the warp is on the loom. spent time yesterday toying with walls of troy. it has to meet more requirements than 3 end floats. it's a table loom ill be working on bcse of its  width so lifts have to be simple and easy. i also want progression from warp face to weft face and given that it will be a piece of clothing it needs to have drape,until i do't find the wow draft will keep doing time at fiberworks.

on the gardening scene can't be more thrilled.

my hakonenchloa

 aka japanese grass ,which i bought from the nursery in france this winter, 

is doing very well

actually i've watched it grow,love grassess bcse of that.

so are the hakone macra and the japanese blood grass. nothing like plenty of water and cool nights.the taller one is lemongrass finally summering outside.

plants do need cool nights to recoup from hot days or else they fry.like my plants in barcelona. today i also noticed that the clematis miss bateman that i had chopped because of some kind of wilt is coming back. still a hint surging from the soil, but hey i thought it was a goner.

closer to its destiny as well are my last-i think-two parcels from japan. the customs saga is over, now im holding my breath bcse i was told they would notify me how much i had to pay  ╯︵╰,

hope i knew in which one  of the boxes my old clothes and sneakers are bcse i could tell them to keep them.

and a final note : i was made aware that it was impossible to comment here ever since blogger did away with open IDs therefore i am allowing anonymous comments.so comment at will and don't forget to sign your name.

neki desu
 

the best rinse

brook from neki rivera on Vimeo.


is an old fashioned brook and let the water flow. 5 minutes and no  more unfixed dye.forget washing machines, tubs and whatnots. plus the added fun! i put on my wellies so that i could do some splashing in the water. joys of semi country living.
some kids from the hood were watching puzzled,but were polite enough not to ask.




now drying.no bleeding! tomorrow beaming
and with luck start threading














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