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Beatrix
Experiment!
23. April 2024
The video doesn´t work (at least for me). If I click on "activate" or the play-button it just disapp...
Katrin
Spinning Speed Ponderings, Part I.
15. April 2024
As far as I know, some fabrics do get washed before they are sold, and some might not be. But I can'...
Kareina
Spinning Speed Ponderings, Part I.
15. April 2024
I have seen you say few times that "no textile ever is finished before it's been wet and dried again...
Katrin
How on earth did they do it?
27. März 2024
Ah, that's good to know! I might have a look around just out of curiosity.
I've since learned that w...
Heather Athebyne
How on earth did they do it?
25. März 2024
...though not entirely easy. I've been able to get my hands on a few strands over the years for Geor...
Links for your delectation.
Glasgow Textile Conservation has a blogpost about the conservation of an 1820s cap. More textile links? Aisling has posted about three different variations of a single pattern (in German, though).
Jstor Daily has a nice post about weird names of food.
In other news, the sun is shining, the cat is napping on the sofa, and I'll be packing stuff into the car now for the trip tomorrow. And finally - here's a gratuitous pic of the madder in the garden, growing nice and tall in the spring sunshine.
It is not alone, this little stalk. In fact, madder has a tendency to take over as much ground as it can - a bit like peppermint plants... only with more red in the roots. This autumn, I really have to harvest some of the madder roots, or there will be no space left for anything else!
Jstor Daily has a nice post about weird names of food.
In other news, the sun is shining, the cat is napping on the sofa, and I'll be packing stuff into the car now for the trip tomorrow. And finally - here's a gratuitous pic of the madder in the garden, growing nice and tall in the spring sunshine.
It is not alone, this little stalk. In fact, madder has a tendency to take over as much ground as it can - a bit like peppermint plants... only with more red in the roots. This autumn, I really have to harvest some of the madder roots, or there will be no space left for anything else!
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