Spirit Cloth

Vibration

I have always loved Glennis's shibori ribbon. How it holds her generous and energetic spirit. How it connected us. Good Vibrations. It is perfect for this sense of something I feel. I will use the scraps I have here to... Read more →

Blue in January

The winter blues today were not the ones to cry about. The sky was amazing, I felt the turning point most clearly. I have these small jars because kittens really like chicken baby food and that is how I got... Read more →

A little woven dye sampler

Left to right. Onion skins, pomegranate, home grown indigo ( fresh leaf vat), walnut. One inch wide. A tiny kilim. Silk on silk, Weaving has a sense of journey. In this year that I am becoming old, weaving will bring... Read more →

Gentle violet

Nice and clear after a short test soak. Pinker than this. Which yielded a blue type violet. and still, by the way, has not faded. Using the last of the frozen beans for dinner tonight. Dried Fuchsia Gladiola blossoms, silk.... Read more →

Thank you Sharon

A long lost package has arrived, and oh, the old silk log cabin blocks! Thank you so much Sharon, but I have lost your email address ( a storm internet calamity that has to do with a not so smart... Read more →

Finding my way and another thank you

Second post today because I will be away from the blog for a few days and I am just loving this. I love the eco print thing. Alas, I am really not the kind of person who loves leaf or... Read more →

Pomegranate

So it was me who said, pomegranates don't really grow here. But He, who grew up in a place where they grow like weeds, said let's try. So we saved a few seeds from the ones we purchased in the... Read more →

Liquid Thursday

The man so kindly whipped up a strawberry kiwi cucumber breakfast drink while I spent a lot of time just looking at silk velvet which seems to move even when it is standing still. A moment later I noticed how... Read more →

friday's landscape

I have been wandering backwards , weaving new paths, gathering thoughts of new horizons. Wool and raw silk. They are so much easier to spin than cotton or linen. Especially if you don't mind the thick and thin of it.... Read more →

ring of the day

the 6th ring. dyed over a woven and stitched silk gauze. this one was unwrapped today and i like how the dye has fallen unevenly into the plied yarn of stitches. i also really like the effect that yvonne has... Read more →