I have so many things to write about today, Yesterday I went on a dyeing course with Amanda Hanniford of Mandacrafts and had a great time. I must have a kilo of brightly coloured goodies drying in the bathroom (sadly I'll have to wait till its dry to take photos of it), It's so beautiful I cant wait to blend and spin it all, especially the silk cocoons (my favourites).
also big news, The chicks have hatched! they're a bit camera shy at the moment so I'll wait for a nice sunny day to try and get some photos, but they are incredibly cute, all 11 of them have come out slightly different colours and every single one is adorable. Bob (never let my brother name the animals, he has a unique sense of humour) is a brilliant mother hen, I wish she was handtrained though as she doesn't like anyone touching her at the moment so checking on the chicks is going to be a bit tricky.
also, the crimson flowered broad beans are in bloom (aren't they lovely)! wont be long till they have lovely fat pods for me to pick. I saved all the seed from last years plants, grown from a packet I received through the garden organic Heirloom seed library.
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Isn't it dry yet - I'm getting very impatient to see the photos!
ReplyDeleteBTW Ginge got two lovely colours from the exhaust you left behind, lavender and violet!
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Good to know he managed to use all that turquoise.
ReplyDeleteNo, it still isn’t dry. well I lie, the tops are just about dry, I'll photograph them tomorrow, but the fleece and neps aren’t easy for me to dry at the moment, mainly because its been raining here, but also because I haven’t figured anywhere better than the bath to dry them in. when its dry out I can use the benches, but inside there really isn’t that much drying space while their still sopping. Think I’ll resort to hanging them from the airier when their dryer, but right now the Falkland is still dripping (the bath now has a lovely pink streak right down the middle). I'm seriously considering giving it another rinse even though I’ve rinsed it about 7 times already, but the pink doesn’t come off on my fingers or anything else (I checked) so it may just be the last of the coloured rinse water coming out.