Up early this morning as I made myself busy in the kitchen I watched the sun rise a warm red turning gently towards a lemon yellow and then disappearing into the low hanging grey cloud. I had my dyepot out, I want soft 'saddened' colours, I just love that word sad to describe colours ;). So for moss green, a soak in ferrous sulphate, or iron, and then Weld on the stove, the colour looks very sad! Dull greens, yellows and gold are what I am aiming for. The next wool will be mordanted in the iron again and then turmeric chips.
There is a hint of the morning chorus in the air as the birds welcome this warmer weather, the blackbirds are the most vociferous, what a lovely noise to be greeted with. The robin is normally the first tweeting away when he sees the kitchen lights go on.
A couple of days ago we had an 'accident' happen just outside the church wall, an elderly lady tripped over the kerb as she made her way to the church and hurt her face as she fell forward. It is a dangerous blind bend and the kerbing has a double step. I wrote an email on it all and it went round the village, hardly any answers, and I realise bureaucracy will also do little to help as well. We have an impasse in the village, no Chairperson for the Parish Council meetings, which means we can't do anything until someone stands forward. Our church has also given up services for the next two months, whether it is permanent or not I do not know, this is due mostly to lack of churchgoers but also because there is no churchwarden to carry out the business of services and functions. There is to be a funeral this week, we have offered our driveway for car parking, but it is a perennial problem this no parking spaces near the church.
This is something I read a few days back, it is by the late A.A.Gill, and is called a 'long read'. Written in 2016 it is about Brexit. You may not like it, myself I think it errs too much on the side of the 'remainers' but still. Life should be a broad church.
https://joybileefarm.com/are-natural-dyes-safe-clearing-up-the-confusion-about-chemical-dyes-and-metal-mordants/
Re parking - I expect that like our village many of the cottages were built long before cars came along so now villagers with 1,2 or even 3 cars have to park outside their homes.
ReplyDeleteRe dyeing: In my craft days I used to do a lot - loved it, and like you especially the 'sad' colours (I used to call them 'subtle'.
Paul sent me the link to Wabi-Sabi, but I think in this instance 'sad' means dull:), also found logwood and Dyer's broom amongst my cache of stuff.
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