long due sampling

machine knitting  pintuck samples in linen and different silks.the project is a shawl for cool nights here.i'm dyeing it afterwards probably with the windfall lichens i collected in early fall.
the fun part was taking the punched card in the book and translating it into an image with im2track 
one of the best things since sliced bread.easy to install, use and very reliable.

i do have to devise a use for all these samples before it gets out of hand.





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irony of ironies

 while away a heat wave hit asturias, no rain, no fog just  plain absurd heat. as a result my plants fried. lost the rucula and the rest were caught in extreme unction.






 they have been under tlc since my return.
we shall see if i can make salads this summer
















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3 weeks awol

 a trip to Barcelona which has turned into bedlam.great city to visit as a tourist and then go back home. terrible if you have lived there bcse you see the ravages caused by tourism.left with a bleeding heart and a sense of relief. in between the noise of the local elections, a month after the national ones. the sound and the fury.
5 days home and on to madrid for 3 days to see the luis gordillo exhibit




and the fra angelico at the prado.took advantage of the visit to revisit some goyas.
goya always leaves me in awe, such a modern painter!

some marathonian just wandering walks and a good indian restaurant.

now back to work.









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