Red, scarlet, vermillion, crimson…it’s been on my mind.
Then along comes this and it’s all about red:
How timely! It’s TAFA’s 3rd year anniversary, so Happy Birthday, TAFA!
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thinking about red
February 4, 2013What’s the deal about Linen?
June 8, 2012To answer that one you need to read this informative article about it featuring several TAFA craftspeople (including yours truly).
I do love working with linen. It responds so well to the work I do in shibori as well as indigo (and other dyes). It’s also fast becoming the only fiber I want to wear in the warmer seasons.
Having said that, be sure to watch those videos on processing the fiber. Watching them brought to mind the stories my grandmother told about her grandmother who grew flax, processed it and then wove with it (and also may have dyed it). I am humbled to see the labor involved.
My only (but fortunate) connection to my ancestry is simply that I also work with fibers, but not nearly on that level of involvement. This small piece (above & no longer in my possession) is a wall hanging featuring a longtime and well-loved theme in Asia, but more specifically Japan – my lens and heartland. In Japanese it would be called 兎と月(usagi to tsuki), Rabbit and Moon.
TAFA Treasury
March 12, 2012TAFA, textile and fiber art has an early spring (or late winter?) treasury (on Etsy) The colors are warm, but they also suggest the lightness and possibility of spring.
There are so many choices here. Where to begin?
糸で/ Ito de/ By Thread 
