Friday, March 16, 2012
Dye Garden Begins!
Friday, March 2, 2012
Watch me dye 45 yards of raw silk!
Monday, February 6, 2012
Ombre Dyed Curtains and Mess with the Dress!
Although I am not yet a Mother of the Bride, I do know what goes into such a production. While we strive to look as if age and time has had no effect on us, behind the scenes there is a tremendous amount of work, money, product, and effort given to make it all look so very natural. The dress is only secondary. The gym, the makeup, the creams, the vitamins, the diet, the tanning…that’s the mess that is put into the dress.
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
New Web Site coming soon!
My brain and everything that goes with it is consumed with the formation of a brand new web site that will allow me the luxury of adding and subtracting my own products. My current site was built in 1999 and is flat out-archaic. Fossilic if that is a word which "spell check" says it is not. Having to learn how to do all this is mind boggling. I am learning a foreign language. My head hurts. I will let you know when it is ready to look at and when you can order stuff. Until then, the old site stays put. Monday, November 21, 2011
My Dyer's Garden gets blogged!
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Zinnias as natural dyes on wool
Friday, October 14, 2011
Acupuncture, Shearing and Spinning, Pokeberries, and my Dyer's Garden
Lots has happened in the month plus since I blogged last so I will make up for it with lots of pictures, okay?
The first thing to say is that for the last 7 months I have been in considerable pain from some mysterious thing happening to both my wrists and at times my thumbs. No, it is not carpel tunnel. No, I have not gone to a "real" doctor. Some may think this is foolish. I think it is wise at this point in time. I have my beloved Jerra who is way smarter than any "doctor". She is my compounding pharmacist. She has concocted a salve that only partially helps. I have concocted the other stuff that is just now starting to kick in to help a lot. It's herbal. It has an awful name that sounds like I am up to some sort of witchcraft- Cat's Claw or Una de Gato. It works. So for now, I do what I know to do which is herbs plus this, pictured above... and slow down on tennis and things that make my wrist and thumbs hurt.
Notice all the people flat out on their backs? This was a free clinic I went to to get in an extra session. I need to go and get into a routine until the inflammation and pain are completely gone. Needles are not just put into my wrists- they go in the tops of my feet, in the sides of my calves, and in both ears. It actually feels fabulous. No really. Try it sometime.
Okay- moving on.