rain
June 9, 2020
the first significant rain in weeks
water drops form like diamonds on the lady’s mantle leaves
it will soon be time to dye with the flowers
the trees are sighing in relief
another hexie flower in the window
from the inside looking out
in the rain I could/should be cleaning
but it’s more fun to weave
fringeless wedge weave – at the half way point
love-in-the-mist is blooming
they happily self seed – love the colour
when the rain stops this is an interesting neighborhood book swap to visit
I’ve never actually seen anyone sitting
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Lovely photos Jean. Your weaving is beautiful – such soft gentle colours but not at all wishy washy with that vibrant blue stripe. I wish we had a book exchange here – with the library closed I am re-reading old favourites but some new novels would be welcome!
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Sue – all the yarn is natural dyed, the stripe in the middle came from the idea of social distancing. There are several of the book exchange boxes in the neighborhood, it is really fun to see how creative people have been in building the “houses”.
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I love the idea of representing social distancing in your weaving! The disadvantage of living in a very scattered community is that there are fewer initiatives like the book exchanges in yours.
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Sue – I live in a residential community and walk sidewalks and paved roads every day – it is getting very boring. I do have a small park with a stream and ducks so that is a destination. Haven’t been going to the beach because too many people go and it is sometimes crowded.
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WE grow heaps of Nigella at the allotment, and are now self sufficient in our own organic seed for curries (so, there’s the occasional little black fly protein in the jar – mostly the bugs crawl out!!)
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Dawn – I too, save the seeds, protein is always good.
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You are getting quite a Hexie-garden there in your window!
Can you point me in the direction of a Lady’s Mantle flower dye recipe? The Hittys want to try it out!
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Kjerstin – I don’t always trust online dyeing advise but this one is reliable. https://colourcottage.wordpress.com/2013/07/09/ladys-mantle-alchemilla-lovefod/ I think you may be able to read it in the original language. I don’t do anything special, have only ever used the tiny flowers and an alum mordant. I leave the plant material in the pot (it shakes out fairly easily) and simmer for approx. 1 hr. then leave in pot overnight to cool. Gives a soft (not bright) yellow on wool and a little brighter on silk. Have fun, can’t wait to see who gets to wear it.
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Funny… I saw your header photo and thought ‘alchemilla mollis’, even before I read that it was Lady’s Mantle. I have a brain full of pointless scraps of information like that. Such as, for example, the fact that Nigella (Love in the Mist) seeds are one of the 5 ingredients of the Indian spice mix panch phoran. See what I mean?
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Kate – I love both these, easy to grow and as you point out, full of interesting facts. Will be dyeing soon with the blossoms. Love-in-the-mist is perfect for this misty day. I took a few to my neighbor across the road who is starting a new garden.
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