Itchiku Kubota

I recently received (from Amazon) an utterly fantastic book, Kimono as Art: The Landscapes of Itchiku Kubota.  If you are a dyer, or a textile artist of any form, do not walk, RUN to Amazon and pick up a copy.  It is inspirational. Itchiku Kubota was a Japanese artist who used brush painting and various forms [...]
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Sock blank

Mike’s uncle lives way out in the country, well out of coverage range for my wireless provider, and doesn’t have Internet access, so I’ve only been able to access the Web on my iPhone during our trips into town. As a result I’m woefully behind on reading email, so if you’ve sent me anything recently, [...]
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Let's talk socks.

Our vacation in North Carolina (Asheville area) is approaching fast, and try as I may, I haven’t been able to think up anything dress-related to bring with me, especially since my laptop is dead.  So, I will have to fall back to my old standby: socks! Towards this, I offer this photo: The yarn is Mini Mochi, [...]
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Split attention

So much to do, so little time! I had a wonderful time at Sandra’s – her DH, Mike, repaired my warp beam and made an adapter that will allow me to wind cones on my double-ended AVL bobbin winder, and Sandra and I talked a lot about weaving and interleaved network drafted threadings.  She does beautiful [...]
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Festooned

In case you are wondering what I’ve been up to, I’ve been dyeing pounds and pounds of yarn.  Here’s what I’ve dyed so far, draped across my long-suffering AVL warping wheel: This is 3.3 kg or just about 7 lbs of yarn!  So I have been quite busy. The red, incidentally, is actually a beautiful garnet red, [...]
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