o fibrous day

i am still spinning my cotswold fleece. it makes spinning on the wheel easy for me. must be some sort of beginner-type sheep. i think i'm getting better.





hillel was a lot less interested in the spinning of the wheel than i thought he would be.





and i did indigo. i made one praying mantis very angry indeed, but was trying harder not to mistake him for indigo (and cut him in half) than i was catering to his general happiness.

i used the indigo on some of the cotswold roving. some of it came out very deep indeed! i think that was the most indigo leaves i have ever used at one time -- i have certainly got more plants than ever. in the new house, there will be a planter in the backyard just for indigo. i may even be able to start letting it "compost" so that all the plant matter rots away and just the dye itself remains. that is the "real" way to do it.

Posted by amber at August 16, 2004 05:42 PM