Lilla! Farven, som har været naturfarverens problembarn i århundreder, måske årtusinder… Antikkens lilla farve kom fra Fønikien (sådan circa Libanon i dag), hvor kysten var fyldt med snegle af Murex-familien. Den lilla farve, 6,6′-dibromoindigo, blev udvundet fra sneglene. Lilla var elitens luksus. I dag koster farvestoffet 27444 kr pr. gram. Jeg ved ikke hvor meget […]
Mit tæppe strikket af små testnøgler skrider fint fremad! Hvert rektangel begynder med en midlertidig opslagning. Så strikker jeg indtil rektanglen opfylder det gyldne forhold – her 32 masker i bredden og 19 retriller i højden. Jeg har brugt alle mine forskellige testnøgler til rektanglerne. Bagefter har jeg strikket hvide kanter på og samlet hele […]
Reed flowers are in season! I took the photo above on a beautiful August day at the lake. The sound of the wind through the reeds is positively mind-cleansing, which apparently I’m not the only one to think, judging by the number of YouTube videos of just that phenomenon. So now you too can enjoy […]
This summer, I’ve been on a few nice forest walks, although I know it’s too early for mushrooms. Or it’s too early for mushrooms except the ones that grow on trees – I found several of those! Mushrooms that grow on trees are quite useful when the tree is dead, because they help decompose the […]
Nogle gange, når jeg læser noget men ikke helt fatter betydningen af et enkelt, vigtigt ord, så er det som om min hjerne bare springer hele emnet over. For nogen tid siden, da jeg ledte efter oplysninger om lav-arten Xanthoria parietina og dens pigment, parietin, stødte jeg på oplysninger om skræppe-familien. Dette er hvad jeg […]
Summer finally came roaring with several days of temperatures around 30C (yea, hot for Denmark!). We’ve been outside almost all the time, except the times I’ve had to go into the house and check my dye pot on the stove. Our garden is wonderful right now, the highlights are Sweet William (Dianthus barbatus, studenternellike in […]
Farvning med lav er en langsom disciplin – kun overgået af, hvor langsomt selve lavet gror… Sidst i februar startede jeg to krukker med lav, en med almindelig slåenlav (Evernia prunastri) og en med tue-grenlav (Ramalina fastigiata) – det er jeg ret sikker på, er de rette artsbestemmelser. Det er vigtigt at nævne, hvordan jeg […]
Whenever I test a new dyestuff, or change conditions with a known one, I use 10 g test skeins of thin supersoft wool. I always knew that they needed to become some huge knitting project all together to show off the deliciousness of the colors to their best, and now the time has come! Checking […]
The other day, we went for a walk along the road, and found wild chervil, also known as cow parsley, poetically as Queen Anne’s lace, and systematically as Anthriscus sylvestris. It was growing bountifully there, so it’s certainly lucky that I have such a good little helper for these tasks: I picked 180 g of stalks […]
Norne, our pure wool 1-ply lace yarn, is finally in the shop. I’m so excited! I think this yarn is delightful to knit with. Its texture is just slightly crispy – enough that it’s really easy to knit with (also intricate lace) but not too much, so it isn’t scratchy. Here’s a shawl that I […]