Karamushi fiber undergoes water retting in three conditions, comparing young and mature stems to find softer, paler fiber suitable for spinning into yarn.
Can molokhia fiber be turned into yarn? We are testing harvest timing, retting, fiber quality, and suitability for hand spinning while growing the plants ourselves.
A step-by-step look at the rōbuse method of Japanese roketsu-zome wax-resist dyeing, from design and wax application through layered dyeing, wax removal, and completion. This is a remastered version of an earlier making record.
On August 13, we prepared our Obon offerings with a small watermelon and vegetables grown at home, together with “Hitotsuya cocoons.” It was a summer day spent telling our ancestors how we are living now.
A brilliant blue summer sky and the sound of cicadas. In our home garden, a small watermelon, a miniature pumpkin, and a strangely tiny bitter melon are growing. A record of the little signs of summer we found at home.