So the Morning Moan and the later walk, lovely cool day, between showers, worked as hoped
And here's an experiment with the pinloom. I wove a piece with handspun silk yarn, using every pin, then did warping on both sides, pulling the threads in different directions, to create a suggested landscape.
The last four images show the piece off the loom, in each of the different directions.
This is where I would like your input. Which direction works best for you? Always interested to have your perception. My own is not always the best.
This piece is to be mounted as the focus of the next page in the fabric book,
and there will be more stitching there, and maybe couched-down silk roving.
It took over from the goldwork, in fact I have another idea to do next, involving the pinloom and a cotton warp which I fancy painting. It would need to be warped over every pin in order to have a piece of fabric to paint. We'll see.
See how a walk can reset your entire outlook. The Indian men in the neighborhood know me now and I get bows and namaste as we pass in the street.
Too wet underfoot to do a nature walk, though no doubt the ducks and frogs are deliriously happy. Birds and butterflies proceeding with caution, so wet everywhere.
This arrived this afternoon
This one is designed for sun, but rain's okay too. Made in Australia with Australian expertise and knowledge about sun. They don't know I'm saying this, I just like it.
Blogger is doing stuff again, centering this text block and resisting all my requests to justify left. However it did let me import a group of pictures in one go, so there's that.
Happy day, everyone, let's take it where we find it.
