July 04, 2004
hooray for the red, whitish-bluish
the unspun silk "waste" that i dyed with cochineal came out very differently than the soy silk did.
later in the week, i picked some of the early indigo. notice how a bruised indigo leaf turns blue. notice also, if you are mature enough, the hot ladybug sex occuring on the indigo plant.
with this indigo, i attempted to dye some bamboo/silk fiber blend. it didn't exactly turn blue -- it went from being a natural yellowish, to looking like it had been holding its breath for a long time. rather silvery.
i'm not exactly sure what comes next but i'm working on it.
by the way, since he was in town today getting the liberty medal -- who else is with me on having a crush on president of afghanistan hamid karzai and his sexy astrakhan hats?