friday/a small spinner

i'm not really sure how many hours i was traveling,

about 35 air/airport hours, anyway

montreal

i was in zombie mode yesterday

unpacked and smelled the lovely 

australia/eucalypts that dyed so much

in my three weeks

 while i was gone

 emergence

i went to town for a few groceries after my 5-7 pm nap

~~~

wendy is well, aging, but so happy to see me.

her person said she had a "spell" while i was gone.

but recovered
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 a blessing:

in my email there was a lovely note

from one of my in the ecotone students, rosie.

who braved the workshop chill

with layers and fingerless gloves (it was cold)

her daughter has taken to shifu!

she is so engaged in this process

these photos touched my heart

i'm so happy that

little radha has joined the motherline of spinners

and weavers

heavy rain

it seems like my cold toes and the constant deluge outside indicate i should start a fire. but i am stubborn (and lazy) and will wait until tomorrow after school.

cold toes protected by hannah's wool socks. this is "japanese style" lokta, cut and prepped for spinning. i purchase it from a local merchant.

 one sheet of the lokta, spun. 

 six sheets of lokta, spun. the warm white is natural lokta, the three dyed skeins are from pbi.

and milkweed, my lovely fiber/paper. i will finish this green harvest, and then do a gray harvest later on (though i spotted a patch of already field retted gray milkweed. i may cheat and pick that. i remember going out on my skis in march one year, two feet of frozen snow on the pasture, and harvesting milkweed, placing it in my packbasket. sking home, and prepping on the kitchen floor. my hands were cold, but the paper was lovely.

guess what this is?

 and this?

and this?

and this?

this is wonderful. i like it now as much as when i first saw it.