Lofty goals
My bathroom renovation is still waiting on the shower glass and the custom door, but in the meantime, here's a mostly finished picture showing the sink side, with the shower reflected in the mirror.
The bedroom is also finished, and the crowning piece is my new bookshelf loft. The sitting area underneath has tatami mats for a Japanese feel. I'll ( Read more... )
The bedroom is also finished, and the crowning piece is my new bookshelf loft. The sitting area underneath has tatami mats for a Japanese feel. I'll ( Read more... )
Yep, they are.
Though I'd think the hardest thing about having a bed up high...would be making it.
The only hard corner to reach is the one tucked in the corner of the room. The others are actually pretty accessible. So as long as I do that corner first, the rest isn't too difficult.
Although I do recall one comment she made, that you want the 'natural' or 'raw' yarn, not the white, because the white's been bleached so it doesn't take color quite as well.
I've been using the "bare" line of yarns from the Knit Picks site. I view this initial batch as purely experimental, so I'm trying a number of different blends and thicknesses.
One of the things I'm planning to do on my days off this week is to go down to the bay a few blocks away and collect a few gallons of seawater. I want to see if that produces different colors compared with regular tap water. A lot of the colors are sensitive to pH and various minerals, so the results could be interesting.
That being said, natural dying is something I've wanted to try, ever since watching my Mom make Elderberry jelly and seeing the GORGEOUS lavender that resulted when she strained everything...
I've got a garden full of plants to try...my main limitation is finding the TIME for it all. Every step of the process is relatively easy, just time-consuming.
Maybe someday, not sure if I need yet *another* hobby though....
Tell me about it! Some days I think I just collect hobbies.
I take it the flower next to it is what you used for the dye?
Yes, that's right.
Today I got a lovely peachy pink from loquat leaves and light orangish brown from eucalyptus leaves. Still somewhat muted colors, but they're both ones I could see myself wearing.
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