Dream 20080117: Skateboarding over to see Kevin
Dream 20080117
Author Archive for: Michael
Entries by Michael
ADULT CONTENT – or why I'm setting my journal default back to "innocent"
I’m really frustrated with LiveJournal’s Adult Content settings. I had set my journal default to “Adult Concepts” because some of my dreamwork stuff is racy, and even in ordinary entries I occasionally use some blue language. HOWEVER, it’s been causing the entries to be collapsed on outside news readers, and is in general a Pain […]
Silk Library
I’ve been working on my Silk Library on WormSpit. I’ve added five books – one a Google book, and the others from the Digital Archives at the University of Arizona. Some of these were scanned from my own collection, others are used by permission. These are some really neat old books, full of information and […]
Lemme introduce you, to my leetle friend…
In a close-up macro, it looks like a chunk of agate. Or maybe fossilized gum from the bottom of a chair.
The Quick and the Slow
Sharon B over at In a Minute Ago started a fantastic discussion about Slow Cloth. I find this whole discussion fascinating. I’m currently working on learning silk embroidery – a process which began in 2001 with raising silkworms, learning about cocoons, learning to reel silk, learning to throw, degum, and dye it, figuring out what […]
Kid & Ewe photos from my Tablet Weaving class
More spools in more places…
I went and picked up more spools for the embroidery thread – and learned that they come in SIZES. These are shuttle quills, made by Louet, I believe. Before, I had only had the six-inchers. Now, I’ve got one that’s 3.5 inches, several that are 4.5 inches, and a bunch that are six inches. I […]
Embroidery silk spools
I’ve been working on getting ranges of color for my embroidery silks. These are wound on Louet cardboard pirns six inches long and about as big around as a pencil. The pink range is what I’ve been using to embroider the peony. These greens will form the leaves – the blues are just to have […]
Bailey Claus
Bailey Claus wishes you Happy Whichever Holiday You Celebrate.
Scissors sheath
This is a ribbon that I wove this summer; I’ve stitched hook-eyes to the ends, and made it the ribbon for a scissors sheath. Here is the entry about the ribbon and its book-mark friends, with some good close-up detail shots of the weaving.