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Tag Archives: weaving

Some plant dyeing, finally

03 Monday Oct 2016

Posted by Pia in Plant Dyeing, Show-and-tell, Yarn and Fiber

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colour, dyeing, goldenrod, gyldenris, weaving, wool, yarn

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Beginning with goldenrod from the forest, harvested at the very end of flowering. Unfortunately my own, which flowered later, have been overrun by weeds in the mean time. Continue reading →

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Nettle harvest

12 Friday Aug 2016

Posted by Pia in Show-and-tell, Spinning, Weaving, Yarn and Fiber

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country life, crafts, mad science, nature, nettle-along, nettles, plants, ramie, video, weaving

Welcome to the next installment in our nettle-along.

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This is what I managed to harvest in July, and it’s time for the next batch. I saved some of the leaves instead of feeding them to the horses, because while I don’t have time for a separate study of how to use the stalks for paper making, I do want to try to make paper and thought, why not add the dry leaves to my mixed materials bin? I’m drying my stalks inside because of the wet weather, I don’t know it that’s really necessary, but I didn’t want them to mold. Continue reading →

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Finishing a task

25 Friday Mar 2016

Posted by Pia in Chit Chat, Thoughts

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green, intention, life, owl cup, relax, studio, weaving, yarn

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I’m far enough into my moving process that I could actually relax and get started on some projects; still bits and pieces to sort onto the right shelves, the big loom and all its reeds and sticks are still in the house waiting for weft, a few things to be wiped for dust, then moved from the hayloft into my hopefully cleaner storage balconies.

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A housewifely day

22 Monday Jun 2015

Posted by Pia in Chit Chat, Farm Life, Food, Thoughts

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country life, determination, relax, seasons, summer, weather, weaving

This being another dark, rainy sort of day, nourishing the approaching summer and my salad boxes, I’m inside pretending to be useful, rather than lounging with a book in the hammock. Wait, it’s been so cold we didn’t even put that out yet!

Making jam and buttermilk bread.
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Dear diary

21 Thursday May 2015

Posted by Pia in Chit Chat, Photography, Thoughts

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blogging, cake, creativity, intention, life, spring, weather, weaving, whining, writing

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As you’ve noticed, I don’t have much to tell these days, but since my loom room remains under siege so often, I’m going to make an effort down here in the office rather than just sit around and wait for opportunity.

  • Patience is not about waiting; it’s the ability to keep a good attitude while working hard for what you believe in.

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Inspirations 6

10 Thursday Apr 2014

Posted by Pia in Chit Chat, Links

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art, link love, weaving

Inspiration from natural materials

Very textured tapestry – something I had been contemplating myself, very cool

Some more weaving with blended materials

Drawing on the beach

Great flower photos

Normally I aim at having 7 links in each of these posts (don’t ask me why), but I’ve either been surfing less (good for me) or my bookmarking skills have declined. I could put in a link to my Amazon wishlist and keep you entertained for hours, but somehow I think that would be a fruitless effort. Reminding me of this quote, which will count as today’s 7th item:

“A person will sometimes devote all his life to the development of one part of his body; the wishbone” – Robert Frost


More inspirations

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Cheating?

04 Friday Oct 2013

Posted by Pia in Chit Chat, Links, På dansk

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blue, fiber, intention, knitting, merino, orange, postcard, puppy, spinning, ufo, weaving, wip, wool

I was going to talk about spinning today. And possibly knitting. But I’ve just been too knackered to do either…. Here’s (some of) my wip collection! Not telling how long they’ve been in there….

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Do daily photos count as postcards? Go check out my new blog if you’re bored. It’s just for laughs, something I can also do when I’m tired and foggybrained but refuse to give up. (yes, yes, I know what I said last Thursday but if I’m having fun it’s ok, right?) And, well, I did say I was going to do more Photoshopping in the future! I’ve been doing a bit of an experiment – how often do readers look at my menu? Answer according to wp stats is: Virtually never! 😀 (it also says nobody clicked the music video in my last post. Next time perhaps I’ll embed it. On autoplay. See how many subscribers I turn away or something *EG*)

If that’s not enough, here’s some cuteness for you, last Saturday I was babysitting. Meet Peanut the poddle puppy:

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Monday, we’ll talk about oak leaves. I already dun that post, so I can go take a nap. 😉

Actually I’m ok today, I just thought I’d like to write ahead a bit and you know, hang out someplace away from a keyboard and actually do stuff. Perhaps.

Er det snyd?danish

…hvis man uploader daglige fotos istedet for at lave rigtige postkort? Jeg har lavet en ny blog for sjov, til når jeg trænger til at fedte med et eller andet men ikke orker snakke eller tænke. Og så har jeg testet, hvor mange der kigger i min menu, sandsynligvis ingen. 😉

Jeg ville have snakket om at spinde og strikke i dag, men jeg har været for træt til nogen af delene, så det bliver en anden gang. Masser af projekter i kø, men man skal jo kunne holde øjnene åbne til den slags.

Og så har jeg babysittet en pudelhvalp, hvis I trænger til noget sødt.

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