moving on
October 17, 2016
well, the big wind missed us
all is calm at the seashore
a great variety of kelp has washed ashore
beaches are covered with driftwood and logs
the crustose rock lichen has swollen with the rain
leaves have blanketed the graveyard
and mushrooms are popping up everywhere
October’s prayer flag is finished
the details are mostly in the stitching
now I can get back to shibori stitching on the linen bed cover
this is going to take a year!
I tried dyeing the kimono roll of chirimen silk
lac and logwood
it didn’t give the nice clear resists I was hoping for
might be the textured surface of the silk
will have to do more samples before dyeing the hanten lining I was planning.
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so glad you didn’t blow away. yet.
do folks use the driftwood for fires?
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Velma – “yet” is the operative word, winter winds yet to come! many people do use the wood but it is soaked in salt and in the case of boom logs sometimes a tarry/oil substance and can be damaging to chimneys and I suspect lungs.
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Yup, last storm missed us too. Good! I love the lac and logwood shibori. It has a soft watercolour look. And chirimen silk is delicious! I have a piece that I’ve been afraid to use in case I mess it up.
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Louisa – I didn’t scour the chirimen sample and it was the end of an old kimono length so that might help. I think the soft, bleeding edges is caused by the crepe texture. I’ve decided to continue and dye enough for lining, have an entire 12 metre length so fingers crossed.
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Wow! that driftwood is enormous. Is the kelp edible? Your prayer flag is adorable. Are those persimmons?
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Kristin – log booms are still towed by tug to the mills, a certain amount of logs end up on the beaches in the winter when we get strong winds. Kelp is probably edible but you would need more remote areas with clean water. Could be persimmons but i was thinking tomatoes.
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The stitching on the prayer flag is wonderful. You’ve had a lot of practice making stitches, what with the shibori and all . . .
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Kerry – think I can stitch in my sleep.
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