a week of many colours

a Japanese grain storage bag – tsuno-bukuro – is stitched from  long, narrow fabric on the bias

intrigued with the folding I made a small paper pattern – I’ve never held one – so this may be original

traditional grain bags are longer, and often dyed with kakishibu,  this is the fabric left on the end of the sample warpi

the seams are herringbone stitched with indigo dyed thrums

in Japanese “tsuno” means horn and the bag is also known as a horn bag, the ends of the fabric stick up in points

on this bag I have left them and the back fabric folds over the front piece to close the bag

I’m thinking of becoming a bag lady – after receiving the bill for this year’s property tax it may become a reality! I could put wheels on a table loom and go live on the street corner. Dyeing might be a problem.

somewhere, in my research I read that it is possible to dye silk black by dyeing with logwood and chestnut with an iron modifier

well, not quite! or at least it takes more work but the taupe-y brown is very nice

and the purple – murasaki – is to dye for

once I get dyeing it is hard to stop

the yellow was dyed with something? natural and then top dyed with indigo = green

and I’m spinning paper, dyed last summer with kakishibu