star of the show

serger mono-filament thread, 17,000 meters of it.wonderfully liberating as it won't run out at least in this lifetime-famous last words.
 sampling like crazy and learning how to work with it.

                                                                                       
                                                                               
your regular stockinette, now you see it,after you cast off you don't see it

keeping up with the wire trend, too bad this one
which knits very well is coated and does not patinize.

with metallic yarn. next step will be trying to zap it with the heat gun.

using a punch card pattern. it flows well from the cone, nothing jams in the k machine.
















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more on wire and patinas

my take using ammonia, acetic acid and uniodized salt. had to use glacial acetic acid as i just have balsamic vinegar in the house and that doesn't cut it.unless the copper wire knit doesn't get sprayed with a sealant it will lose some of the patina, but i really don't mind.

another sample. i used rock salt because that's what i had at home and i think it gives a grittier grainier patina.

now i can put this knowledge in my bag of tricks!

rant alert :

 it is evident that you get what you pay for. however a little consideration just for civility's sake doesn't hurt.

delicious got sold( for a pittance) and the new owner did not have the courtesy to notify users of the new scheme. one  just had to be into the tech blog groove to know about it.then after the acquisition a brief note appeared when one logged in

the bookmarks  one has collected over the years are *safe* god knows till when.

they can be accessed, but it's for reading purposes only.one can't download them unless one subscribes to the new owner- platform .which means users  and their saved links have become captives.

end of rant















neki desu

the stencil making

the preparation of dyes, the dyeing.the japanese way of honoring  process.
have a good weekend.







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