as the days drift bye and most of my time is spent in the garden
I occasionally stop and play with found materials
stitching leaves, twisting corn husks and rhubarb fibre
and continuing to cut coffee filters
non of them are very successful but it is entertaining to give them a try
Abby and Bella are helping to gather the Lady's Mantle blossoms ready for dyeing
Bella is happy to play in the dirt in her new overalls
and she has a new yellow blouse with a matching skirt
a new warp on the loom - fine linen and hemp - again four different threads wound together
but there is a problem! - one of the threads is breaking, it wears thin passing through the beater
when weavers frequently worked with linen they sized the warp yarns with some kind of homemade paste
Scandinavian weavers are famous for their beautiful, fine handwoven linens - so here are some suggestings and sizing recipes from VAV magazine
http://en.vävmagasinet.se/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Sizing-linen-warp_VAV_16_2_Eng.pdf
it is time consuming and messy - I have had good luck in the past using spray starch
yesterday I spent the day going from store to store looking for spray starch - two store ladies even told me they don't own an iron
one of those people told me her daughter loved her sewing class in high school and chastised her Mom for not having a sewing machine
the world is changing - at least there still is a Home Ec class
now, back to the search for spray starch or I will be boiling linseed
nature is the ultimate designer and you can never go wrong with the colours
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