Madder, Sky Deck, Zucchini pie! Oh My.

Weaving on the sky deck

Finally I'm ready to plant the madder seeds in the Garden. We'll see if they take; if not, a friend from the guild has offered me some roots from her garden, which will certainly take off. We'll see what happens.  I also have wild indigo (aka false indigo) seeds, ready to make cute little wild indigo plants for the garden; these will probably get planted in the spring. It's very exciting.

Meanwhile, there's a toyon plant I'm eyeing for it's natural dye properties...

Hiding from predators

I put the yarn that wouldn't fit in the cabinet on the loom. It will be a poncho or ruana or some such... We'll see when it comes off. I was trying to get a faux ikat effect in some parts... but also wanted to tone down some colors that were not exactly what I was looking for. I used a semi-solid in a fabulous color (Malabrigo Primavera) as the weft: warp is yarn I dyed with K. at a dye workshop in Fresno. Note to self: a busy weft is not the best choice for a busy warp, if you hope to see any pattern coming through. I still like it. Here is is being woven on the sky deck. And here's a photo from last week of Owl helping me with the piece. They've still managed to avoid being eaten, probably because I'm locking them in at night...



I attended the spinning guild meeting today; I was spinning on that semi blue roving I mentioned in my last post. On the food front, I used the surplus of donated zucchini in a pie today. Yum.  Otherwise all the food I've been cooking lately has been lackluster...

I do need to get back to goal setting. Right now the goal is to put the leftover pie in the fridge, and clear the rigid heddle loom as it's needed elsewhere.