Apparently boiling plum leaves smell like butternut squash.  WTF is up with that?  I don't understand it one bit.  I just put a big pot full of leaves on to simmer, went to the gym, came back, and smelled this GORGEOUS aroma.  How utterly strange ( Read more... )

I'm deep in the throes of (yet again) addiction.  This dying thing is really freaking awesome, you guys.  I went out last night and picked like 2 cups of blackberries; all I could manage, as it's late even for them.  I made up a pot of dye after shock-mordanting in saltwater (I know, so many terms!), and left my wool to sit in it all night.

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