Happy Easter if you celebrate. Chez boud it's happening tomorrow, when Handsome Son is free to visit and bring his share of our meal.
But first, to attend to a pressing issue: the proposal to rescind protection for Chaco Canyon, sacred space, against drilling and excavating. I've made my comment against the proposal to BLM. Please do likewise, no matter where you live. We only have one planet and five days to comment on this pressing issue.
Found online
There's also protectchaco.org
And last evening, in need of a project while I'm waiting for my rigid heddle, I was faffing around on Norah Crone Findlay's blog thinking about a lucet for making braid.
And ended up deciding I'm worth a real lucet, so I ordered one
She mentioned that its a form of spool knitting, just two prongs instead of the usual four. Lightbulb. I can use my cardboard and stick spool knitter as a lucet fork! I had been looking at lucets for ages, beautiful tools, but as usual wanted to make one. A while back I showed you a rather flimsy cardboard one I made.
Then last evening I tried a couple of cords on my steam driven card and stick version
Like this but maple. It's another of those ancient textile skills.
This is like mine on order.
And had you ever wondered about how before the advent of photography, fashion got around so wealthy people could order their bespoke gear? Dolls. Dressed in the fashion in miniature acted as physical samples. The same used to happen with ceramics and furniture, traveling samples.
Just fyi. They were used after WW2 to promote Dior's New Look, and even revived during the pandemic when salon shows were closed. After a good bit of searching I found they're about 27" inches tall. To learn more, go to the wonderful Haptic and Hue podcast or website.
Now I'm off to find my Easter tray of eggs and rabbits and cats. I'm late getting it out this year.
Here, it's official!
See the sample miniature Wedgwood cup and saucer. With Emily the cockatiel's eggs, decorated. I painted the other real eggshells, too.
Happy Easter Sunday, or Just Sunday!
