First the story: I went to the harvest festival in Jericho, VT this past weekend. I always have something to do with me. Sometimes I use my spindle, most often I knit on a small project. Right now its an entrelac scarf. I looked up (while waiting for a shuttle) and this woman was stareing at me with her mouth hanging open. I smiled and she said that my walking around knitting was the wildest thing she’d seen all day. Mind you, I’m standing next to my 11 y/o daughter who was wearing a crochet hat made of crazy art yarn. It was covered with bits of ribbon, curlieques all around on the top, hair yarn, bobbles, it even had a small plastic lizard knit into the hat. Did I mention it was made from about every color you could imagine?
take a peak:
I was stunned. I said, I’m standing next to my daughter wearing “THAT” and I’M the wildest thing you’ve seen all day???? What a hoot! I was laughing so hard I almost peed!
That was on Saturday. Sunday, I was running crazy. I'm moving in a month, and my fibery obsession has no organization. So, the morning was for errands. The afternoon was a dye day with my crazy kindred spirit friend Barb. We collected the indigo leaves, and made a chem indigo vat, plus Black eyed susans for green, and Sulfer Coreopsis for what turned out to be BLAZE ORANGE. Hunters beware. I tried two different mordants. Alum, and rhubarb leaves. I can't see the difference on the dyes. I'll add a pic tomorrow when its light out.
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