selective

dyeing while i continue to centimeter away at the loom.folded and clamped silk crepe, left soaking  in a concentrated murasaki liquid  in a shallow container.it came out the color of a good claret wine.this one does not need an extra dip as the color value is just right. now it needs to be re folded and clamped again and dyed with the carrot top dye. as soon as i finish the yardage i have tons of sewing waiting and this silk crepe is  queueing.

note my kusamono on the right *▽*




neki desu
 

diversifying

second murasaki dip. turned somewhat reddish, but that's ok. have been extracting the dye with ethanol alcohol instead of isopropyl  and it seems that the previous is more acidic than the latter. will have to decide whether to modify it and bring it to the blues or just leave it as is.

the bad news is that i used up the whole 100 gr. bag i had from so many years ago. the good news is that i found an on line source to buy more. ＼（＾▽＾）／

one more dip and then re bundle and dye the last color using carrot tops. aiming for the kind of green in the background of the photo. but first i need to exhaust the dye.

neki desu
 

not idle

inching, rather centimetering, away.it's not entertaining to chronicle the progression of my yardage here, much more adequate instagram stuff.still have about 2.50 mts to go.note to self: never mind width. next time narrow, but with the dobby loom. weaving yardage and doing the lifts by hand is a character building experience.

all in all pleased with the results.

on a different page, already enrolled for japanese  classes and got the opera tickets for the season.

this year il turco a venezia ,one i do not know, and tosca, one of my faves along with the always popular carmen. still in awe that i can get to see 3 performances in good seats for the price of one in a lousy seat in barcelona.

neki desu