heavy work
March 13, 2015
time for a lunch break
the community garden pick up is in a few days
I’ve been busy pruning and hacking down bushes
a branch came down and got me in the face – now I have a black eye!
this snowball shrub has grown into an out-of-control tree
(the forsythia behind it is next)
It is covered in lichen so I’ve been saving as much as I can
it’s a slow process
can’t wait to fire up the dye pot
meanwhile the pile is growing
almost as big as my car!
by evening all I can do is spin
the cotton is finished
this wool is dirty but after flick carding the tips and then hand carding
it is spinning up nicely
there isn’t much of it – think I got fed up and stuck it in a basket – years ago
now it’s back to the bushes.
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oh dear! good thing you have great neighbors.the yarns look divine.
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Neki – good neighbors are a blessing. we’ll see how the yarn weaves up.
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jean, i think it’s grand that you can say your tree beat you up. were you barking up the wrong tree? i know, groan. but it is a great story! and beautiful spinning.
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Velma – well done, love it! think that tree has been tamed. my neighbor came over with his sharp saw and finished the job and even took all the branches away in his truck. on to the next tree.
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Oh, no! You fought the shrubs and the shrubs won! It doesn’t sound like it slowed you down much, though–what a lot you get done!
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Kerry – the shrub’s victory was fleeting, it has been reduced to a manageable size.
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Hope your eye will go back to normal as soon as possible. Colorful eye -is it part of working natural colors? Looking forward to see the results of lichen dye. That wonderful handspun cotton will be dyed and woven into something?
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Alfia – the cotton will be weft for hand towels, not sure I’ll dye it. The wool will be dyed.
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Oh poor you! Beaten up by your own shrubs. Hope your eye feels better soon. And it’ll be fun to see what colours you get from the lichens you saved!
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Louisa – the lichens will most likely give golds/bronze/brassy colours – the eye will be much more colourful.
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Oh dear about your eye…but congratulations on the giant pile of bush detritus and lichen-collecting!
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Kjerstin – the eye will fade but I’m not sure anyone believes how I got it.
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