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Post by magzie on May 10, 2017 1:28:56 GMT
I was wondering what a gilet was too! And very funny about getting your haircut!
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Post by koffipot on May 10, 2017 6:20:21 GMT
Thanks Ruth, I had forgotten about those. Thanks Lyn that's a good one. I wonder what the wool is. It ends up very thick for not that much wool. What may I ask is a gilet, Judith Todays daily dose was felting soap. Ha ha! Here we go again with our common language. Gilet is a word we've borrowed from the French, pronounced zheelay. Depending were we are in the world, a gilet is a vest, bodywarmer, waistcoat, or to put it simply; a sleeveless jacket! I'm wearing a felted one in my profile photo.
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Post by lyn on May 10, 2017 7:19:32 GMT
Well explained Judith.
I love the language differences. I looked up a youtube video demonstrating a crochet stitch (Marilyn has been doing some lovely samples on the Forum blog) and the maker was American.
Every time he said 'crochet' I wanted to giggle. He placed the accent on the end of the word but in the UK we place the accent on the front of the word.
So in the UK it's a short and sharp 'KROshay' but the American gent said 'kroSHAAAY' and it sounded like 'sashay' as if he were giving dance instruction.
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Post by koffipot on May 10, 2017 12:20:50 GMT
Well explained Judith. I love the language differences. I looked up a youtube video demonstrating a crochet stitch (Marilyn has been doing some lovely samples on the Forum blog) and the maker was American. Every time he said 'crochet' I wanted to giggle. He placed the accent on the end of the word but in the UK we place the accent on the front of the word. So in the UK it's a short and sharp 'KROshay' but the American gent said 'kroSHAAAY' and it sounded like 'sashay' as if he were giving dance instruction. Yet another word we pinched from the French! All US crochet terms are quite different - this list is not exhaustive! Can't tabulate on here, so it's all a bit squiffy UK .......... US single crochet = slip stitch double " = single crochet treble = double Read more: feltandfiberstudio.proboards.com/thread/3345/daily-dose-fibre-2017?page=2#ixzz4gg5MgJxC
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Post by koffipot on May 10, 2017 12:33:11 GMT
This morning I decided to do some tidying up in the garden, but was waylaid by the beautiful bushy Bronze Fennel just outside the door. Thinking of the lovely green/yellow it yielded in the late summer. So into the food processor it went (in several batches), boiled up, strained and the wool went in and guess what? It's a beautiful shade of PINK! Sheer Alchemy, or is it magic? Alum and COT mordant. The plant: flic.kr/p/Utx9D4 The dyepot: flic.kr/p/UqKCt7 Fibre simmering: flic.kr/p/U5WW5W
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Post by tracey on May 10, 2017 13:15:49 GMT
Fennel Pink ! Well I like it Judith
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Post by lyn on May 10, 2017 13:38:33 GMT
I reckon it's magic - how else can you get pink from green?
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Post by koffipot on May 10, 2017 15:25:13 GMT
Well it was an unmitigated failure! Though I did get pink from green for a short while.
When the wool came out of the pot the pink just ran out.
Back in for another go to no avail. Now it's been back in the pot with some commercial dye and half is very pink indeed, the other half is much paler being dyed in the exhaust.
It should blend nicely into a heathered batt.
It's a steep learning curve! Possibly because it's early in the year, when I've used it previously it would be around September.
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Post by Pandagirl on May 10, 2017 16:28:01 GMT
Well explained Judith. I love the language differences. I looked up a youtube video demonstrating a crochet stitch (Marilyn has been doing some lovely samples on the Forum blog) and the maker was American. Every time he said 'crochet' I wanted to giggle. He placed the accent on the end of the word but in the UK we place the accent on the front of the word. So in the UK it's a short and sharp 'KROshay' but the American gent said 'kroSHAAAY' and it sounded like 'sashay' as if he were giving dance instruction. That's funny Lyn since most of the videos I've been watching the narrators have a British accent. Www.hopefulhoney.com is one of my faves she's easy to understand and her videos are short and good. I think she's originally from So Africa then Australia originally. I'm not sure where she is now. But she has Avery pleasant voice.
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Post by Pandagirl on May 10, 2017 16:31:14 GMT
Judith it must be magic. With so much green in the world it's hard to get green from plants I think. Every time I've tried I get yellow or brown. I'd love to know what is a sure green outcome. Good luck!
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Post by halay on May 10, 2017 16:46:18 GMT
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Post by MTRuth on May 10, 2017 17:02:51 GMT
Always interesting results with natural dyeing. I don't seem to have enough time to investigate all the possibilities since it seems hard to repeat depending on time of year, pot used, water used, the condition of the plant etc. I'm lucky if I get stuff dyed with commercial dyes on a regular basis.
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Post by Pandagirl on May 10, 2017 19:22:16 GMT
Thanks Nada, I will put this on my list of plants to buy. I love coleus. You're impernity pic didn't come up. But I believe you. :-). I'll definitely plant some and try it.
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Post by tracey on May 11, 2017 5:33:39 GMT
My daily dose was making a birthday card for a friend. I sent felted cards for the first time last Christmas to the chosen few and I know they will be expecting this to be the way forward now!
Regarding FME, I have the foot pedal/felt movement speed sorted but the bobbin thread was still showing through on the top here and there. I adjusted the tension on the bobbin very slightly. I think this helped, I only unpicked a leaf twice....it was third time lucky.
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Post by Pandagirl on May 11, 2017 17:44:48 GMT
Tracey make sure your thread isn't wrapped around the needle. That happened to me. Now I'm careful when threading.
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