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Published 22. januar 2016

New Year with lots of opportunities!

I’m sorry it has been so longe since my last entry, but I’ve been busy working on my Modules for my Certificate in Machine Embroidery with SST, and clearing my house. This spring I’m going to move to the other part of Norway, and of course then I have to clear the house first. Do you know how much we accumulate over years? I have been living in this house for 30 years, a house with much storage-room. Now I am moving to a little house with a little garden closer to my grandchildren, and hopefully away from the rainy Bergen. 276 days with rain in 2015 will not be missed!
So, my days have been more than full with school-work, getting rid of things I do not need and packing.
But in the last two weeks we have had real winter, cold ( -8 degrees C), dry and lots of snow.
Beautiful pink and pale blue days.
I just love how the snow sits on the grass and branches.

 

And suddenly, I realised I had to use this snow to do some snow-dying. Winter in Bergen is usually grey, wet and windy. And today it looks like we are going back to normal, + 6 degrees C, windy, and the snow is no longer beautiful but getting a dirty grey look.
Well, just in time, yesterday I did some snow dying, snow, dye powder and fabrics.

As usual, I did not measure anything, everything just at random:

Today I have used some time washing and ironing it, and look at these beautiful colours, especially the one to the left

I also put in some lace, these are not 100% cotton, but they do have a subtle beauty I think.

 

That is all I have for now, I hope it will not take this long befor next time. And thanks for reading.

Fabric dying
Published 5. februar 2015

Fabric dying

January has been filled with fabric dying. I signed in on Elizabeth Bartons’s Basic Dying for Quiltmakers. It had been a while since I last hand-dyed fabris, so I just thought to get a repetition. Well here are the result. First several graditions:

Then the colour-circle:

 Then some neutrals:

 And, since green is one part of my next challenge for Latitude quilts, I made a gradiation using Sage-green, and put some lace and scrims in as well:

 Then, we got a lot of snow last week, and I decided to do some snow dying. I could not get the colours as bright as they are,

 And, also here, I put in some lace and scrim:

Thanks for reading.

Basic Dyeing for Quiltmakers
Basic Dyeing for Quiltmakers

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I love to make things. I like knitting in the evenings, and tending my garden. I love to work with fibres, to colour and shape things. I find great inspiration in older Japanese design, the art of Hiroshige and Hokusai being my favourites. I also dabble a bit with bookmaking, binding my own sketchbooks to play in and fill with my research, as well as making textile books.

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Finished quilting I think #newwork #woodland #silk Finished quilting I think #newwork #woodland #silk #ghuseboe #gretahusebo
Finished at last! Ready for the annual meeting of Finished at last! Ready for the annual meeting of NQF. #slowstitch #scroll #handstitch #100meter2022 #ghuseboe #gretahusebo #nqf
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Etter et dypdykk i restegarnet er jeg omsider i ga Etter et dypdykk i restegarnet er jeg omsider i gang med sokke-samstrikk med Skogens Gull. Jeg strikker i Rauma Finull. #valentinsokkene #raumagarn #ull #strikking #sokker #ghuseboe #gretahusebo
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