Sometimes I wonder what our neighbors that of me. Living next door to a fiber artist must be weird at times. What got me thinking about this is that I have woven 3 scarfs since the beginning of the year. After I am finished weaving them, I soak them in a hot bath of *Soak Wash* and very hot tap water and rough them up a bit to help set the weave. After the water cools I rinse the scarf out of the excess dye. Then it is time for thwacking. To do this I take the soaking wet scarf to the back yard and swing it as hard as I can on to the patio table for a few minutes. Then it goes into the garage to dry on the line. The same thing happens to freshly hand spun yarn too.
At other times I have freshly washed fiber drying in the sun. Perhaps blocking mats laying outside when I have to block something. Sometimes it’s a freshly wash quilt hanging on the fence. On a nice day I might take my spinning wheel out side to spin. If a fleece has a lot of vegetable matter I might take the carder to the driveway or front porch to card so I don’t have to sweep and vacuum a mess in the house. I might even sit outside and knit.
I have friends who hang freshly dyed yarn outside to dry. Even decorate fences with fiber art. I have friends who dye yarn in their back yards too. I also will dye yarn in the back yard at times. When I waited for Eric’s bus I used to stand outside and knit scarfs.
Does this make me weird? Does it mean that I just know how to have a lot of fun? That I don’t know when to stop having fun?
* I have been using Soak Wash for a long time. If your local yarn or lingerie shop does not carry Soak Wash you can get it directly from Soak Wash , Raverly or Amazon. The makers of Soak Wash did not pay for this endorsement. I have not received anything for the mention in the blog. It is just my favorite wool and lingerie wash. I always have at least a couple of spare bottles in the laundry room so that I don’t run out. I also recommend it to wash all of my by hand created fine washables.
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