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<\/a><\/p>\nWeather related, in early February the temperatures were perfect for creating ice on the sidewalks. \ud83d\ude41 One morning I fell twice before I ever left the corner my house sits on. The very next morning I was walking on a nearby slanted piece of grass to avoid the icy sidewalk. Down I went, in the mud this time. Nothing beyond my pride was particularly hurt in any of those falls. A few days later I fell on the ice again. Again I wasn’t even bruised. <\/p>\n
But a few days after that my right leg – the side I’d landed on each time – started hurting. I couldn’t figure out what it was, and didn’t connect it to the falls since it didn’t start immediately. So I continued to do my regular activities: daily walking and assorted gym classes at least 3 days\/week. <\/p>\n
When things were getting worse, not better, I decided I’d pulled a ligament behind my knee. All those activities were only aggravating the injury. And since I was walking and moving funny, I subsequently involved my sciatic nerve and piriformis muscle, and probably more. So weaving hasn’t been great on my leg. I have a chiropractor appointment on Tuesday, but meanwhile haven’t been able to weave much – only for short spurts and not a lot of those in one day. Instead I’ve been dyeing.<\/p>\n
I started by dyeing some weft yarn to coordinate with warps I’d dyed and put on the loom.<\/p>\n
<\/a>Warp yarns dyed in grape and strong red – 8\/2 tencel<\/p><\/div>\n
The warp was handpainted, the weft was immersion dyed: some 8\/2 tencel and some 10\/2 cotton. I found it interesting that the tencel was noticeably darker in the dye bath. After drying the colors are almost identical.<\/p>\n Weft yarns in grape immersion bath – cotton and tencel<\/p><\/div> Silk scarf under snow, turquoise and avocado dyes<\/p><\/div>\n silk scarf under snow with grape and fuschia dyes<\/p><\/div>\n silk scarf under snow, turquoise and grape dyes<\/p><\/div>\n silk scarf under snow, with avocado and intense blue dyes<\/p><\/div>\n socks under snow, strong red & strongest orange dyes<\/p><\/div>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>
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\nThen, since we had a major snowfall, I figured I’d take advantage of the snow and did a bunch of snow dyeing. Socks and scarves, assuming I’ll get accepted into that show this summer where they will be appropriate. Here are process photos; I haven’t taken any of the finished pieces yet.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a>