Hi All, I had planned on talking to you all about the amazing crop of indigo I'm still harvesting. I would have talked about how all the seed heads are starting to bloom, and I would have expressed my hopes for a solid crop of seeds. INSTEAD, I get to tell you about the torrential downpour that has lasted about a week, and share my concerns that I'll have anything left of a garden at all after the rain finishes battering my poor plants. "SIGH"
I'm not down though. I just finished packing about 50 pounds of raw fiber into my prius, along with my knitting, my travel wheel, my charkha and my knitting (did I mention clothes and toiletries??) I'm headed to Tunbridge for the Vermont Sheep and Wool Festival tomorrow morning. 2 wonderful (WET) days of fiber, classes, spinning, and being around other people who share my interests in fiber work. PLUS, I'm turning all the fiber mentioned above over to Zellingers to be processed into roving. Tunis, alpaca and nylon, corriedale plus silk and mohair, and all the different combinations I can make with the fiber I'm turning in for processing.
I'm going to be looking out for tools and fiber and wonderful fibery goodness in all shapes and sizes at the festival. Hopefully, by the time I get back the garden will be dry. I have to start tagging the plants I want to dig and take with me!!!
Live well and dye happy!
Leah
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
It was great to see you this weekend Leah! Sorry I didn't catch you before you left on Sunday, I was hoping for a little sit down with you... next time :)
ReplyDeleteGood luck with your indigo...you know you can freeze some of your dye plants for use this winter right?
Hey Kristen. I really wanted to visit with you, but you were so busy I figured I'd chat some other time. Check out the Keeping my promise entry. Its the orange I get from the sulfer cosmos I was telling you about. I still miss hanging with you. Leah.
ReplyDelete