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ursulas_alcoveand nothings. Another work log: I started today with a dye bath in the laundry room. I was shooting for green. I didn't get green. I took 5 tsp of sun gold and one tsp of kilt green. I should have had a lovely green. No. The gods had other plans. Something caused the colors to separate into reds and greens. Red+Green=Brown. It looked like I had just made a mess. I poked around upstairs in the box o colors. I could dye it all black. But I don't like blacks with a yellow tinge. So I grabbed a bottle of Curry. I had never tried curry. The water gave off an acorny brown in my poor light. I put in 6 tsps. The yarn should be good and saturated with color. Whatever chemical caused the color separation, did not allow any of the curry to alter the color of the yarn. Essentially I poured out dye that should have handled an additional 2 pounds of yarn. The color never took hold. After washing and rinsing, I pulled the yarn out. It looked gray in my light. The 40/2 linen barely looked like it took a color at all. It was a natural gray to start with. The Irish Lace started as white cotton in it so it showed a little more color. Afer washing, it too looked like no color at all had taken hold. Rats.
Then I brought the yarn upstairs and looked at it under a grow light (full spectrum). I have something I'm told is called Grellow. Dijon mustard. The linen is an acorny brown or brindle. The Irish Lace is Grellow. I could not duplicate this color if I tried. Tomorrow I need to make a cherry red for a client. I am collecting furnace water tonight. Not going anywhere near my tap water. Well, you never know what you are going to get.
A little work happened on the brown triangle shawl and a little on the green shawl on the rigid heddle. I marked my split threads for later repair. I just didn't have light or a tapestry needle handy. I stitched a little on the pink quilt. I just do't have the attention span today. I suspect I have a bad attitude and a poor diet. It's a dreadful combination. Not much lettuce is growing outside. I looked. Check book balancing and bill paying also happened. Hence, my bad attitude. If I had a chance, I'd give Moscow Mitch a piece of my mind. And I have even more words for the covidiots who insisted on going visiting over Thanksgiving, anti-maskers, and anyone causing the lockdown to extend even further. My neighbor has relatives up from North Carolina with no masks. Yes, that noise you hear is me grinding my teeth. Somedays I do want to scream.
My new goal is to stay out of bankruptcy. I generally don't share things like that with the public but it is not looking good. Losing 80% of your income puts a whole new spin on the world. Still no sign of the Covid grant I supposedly received. Tomorrow instead of working, I have to make phone calls. Very uncomfortable phone calls. Support your local artists. I am not alone in this. Everyone I know is hurting. I am so tired of worrying where my next meal is coming from. There are others who have it worse. Accounting is the bane of this lifestyle but very necessary. I know what I need to make. What I actually make is an order of magnitude less than that. Not every artist can mentally and emotionally hold it together. If you can't buy from them, offer them a shoulder to cry on. There is more than one kind of support.
Then I brought the yarn upstairs and looked at it under a grow light (full spectrum). I have something I'm told is called Grellow. Dijon mustard. The linen is an acorny brown or brindle. The Irish Lace is Grellow. I could not duplicate this color if I tried. Tomorrow I need to make a cherry red for a client. I am collecting furnace water tonight. Not going anywhere near my tap water. Well, you never know what you are going to get.
A little work happened on the brown triangle shawl and a little on the green shawl on the rigid heddle. I marked my split threads for later repair. I just didn't have light or a tapestry needle handy. I stitched a little on the pink quilt. I just do't have the attention span today. I suspect I have a bad attitude and a poor diet. It's a dreadful combination. Not much lettuce is growing outside. I looked. Check book balancing and bill paying also happened. Hence, my bad attitude. If I had a chance, I'd give Moscow Mitch a piece of my mind. And I have even more words for the covidiots who insisted on going visiting over Thanksgiving, anti-maskers, and anyone causing the lockdown to extend even further. My neighbor has relatives up from North Carolina with no masks. Yes, that noise you hear is me grinding my teeth. Somedays I do want to scream.
My new goal is to stay out of bankruptcy. I generally don't share things like that with the public but it is not looking good. Losing 80% of your income puts a whole new spin on the world. Still no sign of the Covid grant I supposedly received. Tomorrow instead of working, I have to make phone calls. Very uncomfortable phone calls. Support your local artists. I am not alone in this. Everyone I know is hurting. I am so tired of worrying where my next meal is coming from. There are others who have it worse. Accounting is the bane of this lifestyle but very necessary. I know what I need to make. What I actually make is an order of magnitude less than that. Not every artist can mentally and emotionally hold it together. If you can't buy from them, offer them a shoulder to cry on. There is more than one kind of support.
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Date: 7 Dec 2020 06:52 am (UTC)linen? would it make good warp?
I'm partial to mustardy yellow
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Date: 7 Dec 2020 07:03 am (UTC)can't get a mixed green to dye.
they dye one color and over dye another usually a blue 2nd time
I was hoping it would Oxidize for you and turn green, like indigo or woad.
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Date: 8 Dec 2020 05:12 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 8 Dec 2020 05:52 am (UTC)the one think I found about things like that the worse I didn't like something, the more some one else did.
I think you are mostly disappointed its not what you thought you'd get.
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Date: 7 Dec 2020 07:07 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 8 Dec 2020 05:14 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 8 Dec 2020 05:53 am (UTC)I play that too