harvesting time

this summer crop: all shades of blue and then some more that didn't get to the photo call.

still waiting to call aizome done. if it keeps warm and doesn't rain maybe i can get one more week's worth of dyeing.

it has taken many, many summers to get to the stage i am in now but, i feel that finally oh finally i am in command of the vat, not the other way around. i have even started to push it as when i scraped the bottom of last year's vat to use the solidified indigo. talk about 勿体無い    mottainai!

on the mottainai subject i am piecing together all those ai dyed samples and making a cover. the center is already pieced and the sides are slowly growing.

neki desu
 

of color lakes and inks

michel garcia and natural dyes.
have a good weekend!



neki desu
 

in the loop

aka biting the dust.the two machine knitting gurus are in pinterest. their boards are encyclopedic and i used to get lots of information from them. as of this week you need to have a pinterest account to see the whole board. even if your're following their links. i have no intention whatsoever of pinning anything or anyone, i just want to see their boards. therefore i'm playing pinterest's passive aggressive game; i signed up because i was forced to, but from me they'll get NADA.

neki desu